Roger Schlaifer Coca-Cola, Rushton Toys and IBM. In 1978 Schlaifer branded an early jogging-shoe roller-skate as Hot Rollers and licensed the Hot Roller brand for kids’ apparel, skates and fashion accessories which sold at stores such as Bloomingdales, Belk’s and Mervyn’s. Building on the success of his licensing Hot Rollers, in 1981 Schlaifer proposed an exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement with Xavier Roberts’ company, Original Appalachian Artworks, for the rights to "Little People" soft sculpture dolls and Babyland General Hospital. Schlaifer rebranded the "Little People" dolls as Cabbage Patch Kids. In addition to signing up Coleco Industries on August 9, 1982, as its
David Roberts Art Foundation David Roberts Art Foundation David Roberts Art Foundation (DRAF) is a non-profit centre for contemporary art in central London. DRAF produces art works, exhibitions, performances and events open free to the public. Over the last seven years, DRAF has collaborated with over 680 emerging and established artists and curators, including Phyllida Barlow, Bruce McLean, Danh Vo, Benoit Maire, Nina Beier and Sarah Lucas. Founded in 2007 by British collector David Roberts and directed by curator Vincent Honoré, DRAF originally occupied a gallery space on Great Titchfield Street in Fitzrovia. It moved in 2012 to its current headquarters in Mornington Crescent,