November 29, 2002

Geometry playful with Fractiles

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BOULDER — A geometric-based toy that lets users create endless patterns on a magnetic board has grown to sales of $250,000 this year, an increase of about 30 percent from last year, said its company president.

Created by Beverly Johnson and Marc Pelletier in 1996, Fractiles-7 is diamond-shaped magnetic tiles with angles based on the number seven that can be can be arranged to create millions of designs from simple to infinitely complex arrangements.

This year the toy is placed with more than 350 retailers in the United States and overseas, said Johnson, now president of the company.

?The idea behind Fractiles is…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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