Alton Takeyasu, Ethan Wood
Background
Alton Takeyasu — Alton Takeyasu has worked at Mattel since 1991 and, before that, was a designer at Kenner Toys. Today he mainly designs character cars (Character Cars) in the Star Wars and Marvel lines and several action figure lines, and is also responsible for licensed entertainment properties and Mattel's own properties.
He has taught at the Otis College of Art and Design since 2003 and was inducted into the Model Car Hall of Fame in 2019.
Ethan Wood — Ethan Wood is an American industrial designer and Senior Director of Product Design at Mattel. According to the wiki, he is technically not part of the Hot Wheels design team, but he is responsible for the design of several of the brand's products at the Mattel Creations Collaboratory, including collaborations such as those with Daniel Arsham, MSCHF and Mercedes-Benz.
