Today, we love these antique board games from 1stdibs.
(Source: 1stdibs.com)
B’kid
Barcelona-based product designer Noelia Vallano has designed a bicycle that grows with your childs.
B’Kid takes a fun and safe approach to teaching young children to ride, giving them the confidence and balance necessary for the transition to pedals without stability. And the parents only need to deal with one object instead of 3, from age 2 to 6.
(Source: treehugger.com)
Wooden LEGO blocks by Mokurokku
Japanese firm Mokurokku hopes to get you feel closer to nature with their new wooden bricks.
Each box of mokulock bricks includes 50 pieces. They seem to be compatible with standard LEGO pieces, and we would want to see sets of mixed plastic and wood construction on different textures and colors.
(Source: cosascool, via petitstresors)
A re-imagined version of a childhood classic by Sina Sohrab.
Sina Sohrab is an Iranian-American designer and a graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design. Sina works to create objects that perform on multiple levels, with a focus on user interaction and functionality.
This Rocking Horse is made of bent laminated Ash the focus of this piece was deconstruction. The piece uses only two molds; one for the rockers and the other for the ribs, head, and tail (via this is paper).
Luckyboysunday SS13
Lucky Boy Sunday is a brand of modern luxury knitted art toys and soft furnishings for the home, inspired by an artistic take on the world of children.
Above are some photos of their new 2013 campaign with a nice light summer.
Makers & Brothers: retailer of everyday design
Makers & Brothers is a project developed by two brothers, Jonathan and Mark Legge. It is an online retail venture founded on simple things, the handmade, a curation of everyday design and craft.
They endeavour to sell objects of use; the simple, beautiful and sometimes nicely odd.
Check out the web and enjoy!
Milimbo: creating your own jungle
We are sure many of you remember Milimbo and its delicious book Cinderella. We posted about it here.
Today we introduce you to its more emblematic project: Jungling Kit . It’s a assembling game for creating your own jungle. Each “Jungling Kit” consists of a box that includes 6 sheets of cardboard marked with 42 pieces, 5 of these are animals (monkey, giraffe, tiger, elephant and crocodile) pieces to mount a jungle with trees and plants and other parts to assemble a tree hut. Also includes a set of adhesives with different sizes and colors to customize your own jungle and this little book to help you with different gaming proposals.
You can buy it here
M.I.K.
M.I.K. is a Czech manufacturer of traditional toys made of beech wood.
The company was founded in 1991. It produces great variety of wooden toys, construction kits, folders, games, mind-puzzles, learning toys, decorative products as well as commodities made for advertising purposes. (vía Břichopas about toys: M.I.K.)
Corby Tindersticks: design and fun
A preview of the Autumn/winter 2013 collection from Corby Tindersticks. They aim to create fun design and illustration for kids and grown ups. We love it!
Via smudgetikka
USUALS is a design label that elaborates unique and innovating objects. The brand was founded by the design duo Van Eijk & Van deer Lubbe, designing all kind of objects from toys to textiles. Today, we present you the toy collection called Happy Toys, made completely with natural pieces of wood in their raw state. The result is a series of captivating toys that wake up the imagination of the public.
Visit their website to know more about their work.
Fuente / Source : Dezeen
(Source: adondelaviste)
Le petit chien extensible
Do you remember the “Los Fernandos company”? Today we’d like to present more inspiring work from Marc Sardà: “Le petit chien extensible”. Marc Sardà surprises us with a fun illustrated game. Dogs that hide many surprises. Do we discover them together?
More about Marc Sardà
Special thanks to Piu (Pequeña Ciudad de P) who made this gif. Take a look at her blog. It’s really delicious.
Arca de Pallet
Arca de Pallet (Pallet Ark) is an alternate project from an independant leading Spanish graphic design studio: Estudio Pérez Medina. Every animal was designed by David Pérez Medina and handmade by mentally handicapped people, from used pallets.
The collection also has cardboard animals to assemble and a great presentation video.
(via OEditorial)
100 Renditions of the Classic Toy Car
The project was born out of a company, TobeUs, that was started by the Italian designer Matteo Ragni a few years back. He wanted to create a simple, universal toy and the first idea that came to Ragni’s mind had four wheels.
The project quickly gained momentum, culminating in an exhibition at Milan’s National Museum of Science and Technology, which shows 100 toy cars by 100 different designers.
You could see them here
Via fastcodesign
hagedornhagen’s world
How amazing are this beautiful and aesthetic memory game, this coloring book and this dragonfly poster from the wonderful world of hagedornhagen? Here children and grown-ups can become acquainted with all the world’s impressive insects.
hagedornhagen has been founded by the two photographers Mads Hagedorn-Olsen and Anders Morell. At hagedornhagen they have a passion for creeps and tiny winged creatures.
You could buy this set here
