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Accorsi, William (Bill) [-. USA. Toy Designer/Sculptor]
Accorsi, William (Bill) [-. USA. Toy Designer/Sculptor]
William Accorsi [also known as Bill Accorsi] has worked as a sculptor toy designer and writer of children’s books in the USA since the 1960s. A range of toys made from discarded items like washboards and discarded cigarette packs by Bill Accorsi and marketed by Stanley Selengut’s company Children’s Motivational Environments Inc. are discussed in ‘Design in action: child’s play’ in ‘Industrial Design’ vol.18, no.4, May 1971 (pp.32-33). During the 1970s and 1980s Accorsi made a number of painted sculptural signs to announce exhibitions at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City.
Solo exhibitions of Accorsi’s work were held at Neiman-Marcus Exhibition Hall in Dallas, Texas (1965); de Young Museum in San Francisco, California (1968); and at Mobilia in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1980)
Accorsi is the author of several interactive children’s books. Two exhibitions of his work were held at the American Craft Museum [now Museum of Arts and Design] in New York City. He has also had solo exhibitions at The Beautiful Things Factory Inc. in Scotch Plains, New Jersey in 1974 and at the British Gallery on rue de l’Université in Paris, France, in 2005. In 2002 he moved to Bellows Falls, Vermont, in 2002.
Solo exhibitions of Accorsi’s work were held at Neiman-Marcus Exhibition Hall in Dallas, Texas (1965); de Young Museum in San Francisco, California (1968); and at Mobilia in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1980)
Accorsi is the author of several interactive children’s books. Two exhibitions of his work were held at the American Craft Museum [now Museum of Arts and Design] in New York City. He has also had solo exhibitions at The Beautiful Things Factory Inc. in Scotch Plains, New Jersey in 1974 and at the British Gallery on rue de l’Université in Paris, France, in 2005. In 2002 he moved to Bellows Falls, Vermont, in 2002.
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