Welcome To Idea Duck!

Are you looking for a little extra help with product design? Idea Duck can provide an extra boost to your product development program.

Idea Duck is an award-winning product design company founded by Susan McKinley Ross in 2002. Prior to founding Idea Duck, Susan worked in merchandising and product development at the HearthSong catalog for five years.

The Idea Duck team designs creative, low-tech products for children. Idea Duck has developed and licensed games, toys, and crafts. We've also consulted on game design, craft design and toy merchandising.

Idea Duck's most popular product is the board game Qwirkle. Qwirkle has been remarkably successful. It has been honored with a Mensa Select Award, a Parents' Choice Gold Award and a Games Magazine Games 100 Award among others. Please visit the Qwirkle page to find out more about this game.

If you need any help with children's product design, we hope you'll contact Idea Duck. We'd be happy to hear from you!