Kaz Shiomi, who's an art director for Japanese Brand Kukkia, is the inspiration for Kiko+. The brand - in Japanese "ko" means "child" and "ki" means 'wood - was first launched in 2011. Kaz wanted to produce wooden toys with fun shapes and vivid colours in collaboration with various guest product designers. Kiko+ toy brand's theme is "art x play | play x children | children x forest". They are developing wooden toys, aiming at children around the World, to maintain a sound environment and forests, this is why they use wood from sustainable sources and are certified by the international organization FSC®.