The team behind the Hungries
On a hot summer morning of 2005, the Chupacabras team (friends Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, Dana Gordon and Alejandro Zamudio Sánchez) was presented with a most frightening brief: to design a toy to enable novel play experiences. Actually, it doesn’t sound that scary now, but it did feel daunting at the time, go figure.
Anyway, of all possible dystopian futures, the Chupacabras miraculously managed to give birth to the Hungries, culminating a fast-paced and exciting design process plagued with undead toys, girls’ accessories and many other happy monstrosities. Now, after a long hibernating season, the Hungries are coming back to life.
The Chupacabras are interested in showcase/business opportunities as well as continue the development and physical prototyping of the self-recursive creatures. All enquiries whether commercial, academic or just out of curiosity are welcome at:
hungries [at] zazaziza [dot] com
The lowdown on the Chupacabras
Dana Gordon is an interaction designer with a background in architecture, for more information about her projects and whereabouts go to her eponymous www.dana-gordon.com and satellite website zazaziza
Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino is an interaction designer with a background in industrial design, she can be reached at her website designswarm and her blog
Alejandro Zamudio Sánchez is an interaction designer with a background in graphic design. Less information at zazaziza
The Chupacabras would like to thank Mr. A. Armstrong for the photo session, the Churcher family for their support and Mr. A. Huntington for the technical wizardry.