When speaking with Taia Morley about her career as an illustrator and designer, it is clear that she has succeeded in blurring the lines between work and play.

In 1986, after graduating from Cornell University with a degree in product design, Morley left her home state of New York to move to Minnesota for a toy design job at Tonka Toys. The Stillwater resident has worked on a variety of projects in product design, branding art, packaging and animation for such clients as Hasbro and Fisher-Price. Read more about Local Illustrator Taia Morley Shares Her Passion For Children’s Book Publishing