Crafted with Heart, Celebrating Excellence

Awards & Achievements

Awards & Roles

• Integrity Toys International Design Contest – Finalist (Top 5, 2024) and Semifinalist (Top 10, 2021; Top 14, 2017)
• Official Designer – Madrid Fashion Doll Show (2015, Spain)
• Portuguese Fashion Doll Convention – “Golden Eternity” Convention Doll Collaboration (2015) and Jury Member (2025, Portugal)
• Ladurée-Themed Limited-Edition Collaboration – Dutch Fashion Doll World (2015, Netherlands)

• Official Designer — National Black & Beautiful Doll Convention (2017, Paris; 2019, Orange County, USA)

• Official Limited-Edition Fashion — Italian Doll Convention “Gelato” (2015, Milan, Italy)

Industry Endorsements / Key Collaborations

• Ongoing Exclusive Collaboration — Marl & B (2014–Present, United States): Couture designs commissioned for one of the most respected authorities in the vintage Barbie collector market.

Press & Media

• Two-page Feature “Marcelo Jacob: A Doll of a Designer” – Haute Doll Magazine (Nov/Dec 2014, United States)

• Feature article — Inside The Fashion Doll Studio: Barbie for Big Girls (2016, United States) — nearly 2 million views globally
• Television Feature “O Melhor do Nordeste” – TV Tribuna (2014, Brazil)
• Full-Page Article “Alta Costura em Miniatura” – La Voz de Avilés (2019, Spain)
• Interview & Video Feature “Conversaciones con Marcelo Jacob” – Pez Linterna (2023, Spain)

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