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Kip Rathke

Spa'am, one of several characters built by Kip Rathke
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Kip Rathke is a puppet, toy and graphic designer who started out gluing feathers on Big Bird for Kermit Love. He later spent several years with 3/Design Studio, working on Eureeka's Castle and the Howie Mandel film Little Monsters. Returning to the Muppets, he went on to build the original Bear head and Treelo for Bear in the Big Blue House, as well as the controversial Spa'am for Muppet Treasure Island.

Additionally, he has created graphic materials, set pieces and merchandise for the New York-based theater company, Circus Amok and a line of greeting cards for the legendary foam-haired diva, Orangeena.

He is currently Creative Director, Global Consumer Products at Sesame Workshop overseeing the design of all Sesame Street licensed toys. Among these: Palisades' Super Grover Action Figure, Fisher-Price/Mattel's historic line and the 2011 launch of Hasbro's new Sesame product. In themed entertainment, he helped develop Sesame's Forest of Fun and Safari of Fun in the Busch Gardens parks.

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