We developed this DIY flashlight as a direct request from children. Whilst volunteering running science workshops in Eritrea (East Africa), children would ask for more useful and functional items.
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Floating schools in Bangladesh – Interview with Architect Mohammed Rezwan
Although our family owned a small boat that ensured my travel to school during the monsoon season I saw many of my friends and relatives could not go, something found difficult to accept. I thought that if the children cannot come to the school for lack of proper transportation, then the school should go to them, by boat.
Continue readingArchi-Animal Collection – playful furniture by Ana Vignjevic
Archi-animals is the first collection in my new-born design studio Not a Doll House. It is is a creative, playful, architecture inspired collection consists of 5 animal-shape products. The products are primarily intended for children, but the simplicity of forms makes them intergenerational and decorative objects:
Continue readingLet Them Be Bugs – a modular toy by Malou van Dijck and Renske Rothuizen
Let Them Be Bugs is a set inspired by insects with different parts and pieces that spark the imagination of kids. They can invent their own new species of insects! The set consists of abstracted shapes of three different insects: a bee, beetle and grasshopper.
Continue readingDi.Jok – wooden building blocks by Cristina Puig
It is a toy designed to bring families together, parents can have fun with their children and together they can develop their creative skills, improve their imagination, concentration and with all this they also develop their social skills.
Continue readingHandmade wooden toys for kids by Valérian Henry
Most of the time, I create small wooden objects with a simple playful manipulation and I think the illustrative part of it is very important. All my objects are also hand painted with specific paint for children.
Continue readingJoyn – playful furniture by Manuel Velázquez Arauzo
I thought we could give a spin to that idea, having stackable pieces that interlock with each other and so we started sketching and then came up with this idea of having abstract shapes. I think we wanted to have fun while designing and we let our inner child rise. I think that’s why we ended up with abstract shapes instead of regular ones.
Continue readingTALKY – play therapy toys by Katalin Pataki
It was a thoughtful design step that my play therapy toy ”Talky” has simple formal appearance. It is more helpfull for the therapy, because children can see different meanings in the forms. And what the child imagines in the forms can be a telltale sign for the therapist.
Continue readingCadence – modern school & classroom furniture by students of the École Bleue in Paris
To answer the question about mobility and well-being, we designed a range of moving furniture, which adapts to the students and teachers, throughout the day. To do this, we designed the Cadence range around two constructive systems, the screw, and the compass.
Continue readingGroup Group – wooden building blocks by Nathan Paul Rice
I wanted to make a series of playful objects for children that could also be enjoyed and appreciated by adults and where the parts could be interchangeable.
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