Well designed, long-lasting,
and full of character.
Collectable Cities began as a passion project, born out of our love for travel and storytelling. Having gathered mementos from across the globe on our journeys together, we took note of how much joy they now bring to our daily lives from our bookshelves. Whether reliving memories of shared experiences and happy moments, or a reminder of a funny anecdote, these small items hold great personal value.
We have run a successful creative agency, Fancy Lamp for over ten years - working with brilliant clients to bring ideas to life. Joseph specialises in engaging character design and animation, while Caitlin focusses on branding and graphic design. With Collectable Cities we have brought everything together in the aim of spreading this joy to others, throughout the capital and beyond.
The Story So Far
With the initial idea of creating a culture & travel kids’ app, our London ideas and illustrations started years ago, but changed course to a line of art toys in 2021. Designs for our initial figures were created as prototypes with our production partners in spring 2022. They really blew us away with their originality and quality, so we spent the rest of last year extremely focussed on building the brand and completing production of the first-edition art toys.
Following preorders and a successful Kickstarter campaign last year, we launched our online shop in February 2023. We’re proudly stocking in a number of great locations ( see our stockists ) and look forward to being available in more amazing museums / galleries and gift shops around the globe.
The ultimate goal is to offer a wide selection of characters to represent a wonderfully diverse London and beyond. Collectable Cities is designed to tell unique and interesting stories from around the globe, and hopes to partner with locations on bespoke lines and larger-than-life figures that visitors can interact with on location. Interested? Please get in touch and we can create something amazing together!
