A small studio
making tiny universes.
Pierogi & Friends is a tiny crew of designers, makers and storytellers who believe small things matter — a soft hug, a kind note, a character with a name. We make collectibles you'll want to keep.
We don't make toys. We make tiny companions — quiet little objects with names, stories, and a habit of staying close. The kind you keep on your desk for years, and miss when you travel without them.
From a kitchen
to 94 countries.
It started with a doodle of a dumpling on a sticky note. Two years later, Pippa is on desks in Tokyo, Lima, and a small library in Reykjavík. Here's how we got here.
Pippa is born.
The first sketch on a napkin. Three weeks of sewing prototypes. A first batch of 80 — which sold out in a weekend.
The studio opens.
We move out of the kitchen, hire our first three teammates, and ship to the first country outside Poland (Iceland, of all places).
Draco joins the family.
A tiny dragon with big dreams. The collection grows, and so does the universe — first stories, first illustrated guides.
Perry arrives. Worlds expand.
Our quiet observer joins the family, the team grows to 12, and we open a second small studio for craft & ceramics.
Three quiet rules
we keep coming back to.
We don't have a 50-page brand book. We have three things — written on a napkin, taped to the studio fridge — that we measure every decision against.
Soft over loud.
The world is busy enough. Our characters are quiet, our colors are calm, our packaging whispers. Joy doesn’t need a megaphone.
Made to be loved for years.
Every plush is hand-finished, every pin metal-cast. We refuse "single-season" thinking. If it’ll be in landfill in two years, we don’t make it.
Small kindness, multiplied.
For every order, a tree planted. For every collector, a hand-written note. For every story we tell, a real person who carried it from idea to your hands.
A second-floor flat,
three big windows.
We work above a bakery in the Praga district of Warsaw. The studio smells faintly of cinnamon, the radiator clicks in winter, and there's always tea. It's the kind of small space where ideas have room to be quiet.
Every prototype is sewn here. Every story is written at the long pine table by the window. And every shipment leaves with a hand-stamped seal.
The humans behind
the tiny universe.
Twelve of us, working from one second-floor flat with three big windows, a stubborn radiator, and far too many half-finished mugs of tea.
Want to meet
the family?
Browse all our characters and bring one home. Free shipping on orders over $60, every order packed by hand.
Read our
quiet stories.
Character lore, behind-the-scenes craft notes, and slow thoughts on making things with care. A new piece every fortnight.