Design-a-Qee-Expo + Launch

Agathe Jacquillat’s designer toy, Mr Papillon Kit Cat Qee, was one of 20 winning artworks of the competition Design-A-Qee Expo 2004 that had over 1,000 submissions by illustrators and designers.

That was subsequently produced and released in 2005 by Hong Kong-based Toy2R,

The overall edition for each artwork was 500 and competition winners received 96 free closed blind-boxed qees with their own design as reward. Qees are sold blind-boxed to encourage collectors to swap doubles and basically buy more to complete the collection.

The official Toy2R collection number of Mr Papillon is #573 as indicated on Toy2R's also rather collectible collection postcards.

Design-a-Qee UK launch and Toy2R DIY Expo were on display a year after the winners annoucement, when produced
The finished designer toys, Mr Papillon Kit Cat Qee – were presented here in all their cute 2" (5cm) glory. The keychain/toy was made available worldwide in July 2005 as part of the Design-a-Qee UK series.