Odette
Gabriela Aleman
Toy Design
About this Item
- Title
- Odette
- Contributor Names
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Aleman, Gabriela (Creator)
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Flood, Lauren (Thesis advisor)
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Bird, Laura (Thesis advisor)
- Date
- 2026
- Summary/Artist Statement
- This plush character was made as part of the Soft Toy and Doll Design course in the FIT Toy Design program. We were tasked with creating an original character with an accompanying storybook and then construct them as feature plush prototypes.
- Toy Genre: Plush
- Artist Statement:
- As a mixed ethnicity child, I really struggle with feeling out of place all the time- until I realized that my uniqueness was a strength and not a weakness. Odette is inspired by my child self- undeniably cute and sweet, but difficult to tell what type of animal she is. In her world, everyone is a specific type of animal- except for her, and there is no one out there that looks just like her. Through her story, she finds community in others who are different.
- Medium
- Machine and handsewn
- Course/Degree Information
- Program/Degree: Toy Design BFA
- Course: TY 313 Soft Toy and Doll Design
- Semester: Spring 2025, Semester 6
- Professors: Lauren Flood; Laura Bird
- In Exhibition
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2026 Graduating Student Exhibition - Toy Design BFA
- Rights
- In Copyright
- The copyright for this work is held by its author/creator(s). Usage of this material beyond what is permitted by copyright law must first be cleared with the rights-holder(s). This work has been made available online by the Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library strictly for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder for this work and have any objections to this work being made available online, please notify us immediately at [email protected].
Citation
Aleman, G. (2026). Odette. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/674170
Aleman, Gabriela. Odette. 2026. FIT Institutional Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/674170
Aleman, Gabriela. "Odette." FIT Institutional Repository, 2026. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/674170