Tibor Kalman Global Alphabet Blocks

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Tibor Kalman Global Alphabet Blocks

The Global Alphabet Blocks was designed in 1991 by Tibor Kalman in collaboration with Scott Stowell. Kalman’s product designs often embodied his liberal and humanistic world views. The blocks are recognizable by the different world alphabet scripts printed on various sides of the cubes. In making this gesture Kalman was proclaiming the unity of human identity through the graphic representation of language. He did so in the form of a familiar and educational toy, but in a striking way no one had done before.