Most smiles start with another smile. The Hoptimist in the wooden version is the epitome of smiles, optimism and good mood, and with its natural materials and round, harmonious expressions, it spreads joy wherever it ends up.

With a strong belief in the power of the smile, Gustav Ehrenreich created his happy Hoptimist movement in the late 1960s. The goal was to create a figure that was a perpetual reminder to remain positive and optimistic. Because although the 1960s are often referred to as "The Swinging 60s", the decade was characterised by unrest. Therefore, Ehrenreich's design brought joy in an otherwise turbulent time.

Today, the happy Hoptimists are part of Danish design history and create joy around the world.

In the late 1960s, Gustav Ehrenreich created the happy movement that has since found a place in Danish design history. Today there is a happy Hoptimist for every occasion. That's why you can always find a Hoptimist who wants to please wherever it ends up. That is the whole idea behind the Hoptimists: To spread joy and put smiles on everyone's lips.
Today, when we further develop the design, we do so in the spirit of Ehrenreich. His basic idea was to draw the Hoptimists based on a circle and an ellipse, and that idea underlies both the classics and the new generation of figures.

Before the Hoptimists saw the light of day, the Danish woodturner Hans Gustav Ehrenreich tinkered in his workshop in the house in Stilling.
It was at the end of the 1950s, and in the small workshop "Ehrenreichs Trækunst" the imagination was great. No two things were ever the same. 

In the late 1960s, Ehrenreich created the first prototypes for Birdie, Bimble and Bumble.