Katja Runge, Author at afilii

afilii presents meaningful design for kids at Spielwarenmesse Nuremberg 2025

From 28 January to 1 February 2025 afilii – platform & community for meaningful design for kids presents at the renowned toy fair in Spielwarenmesse in Nuremberg ‘meaningful design for kids’.

Imagix – construction toy by Işıl Barut

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“Children of all ages enjoyed playing with my construction toy because each age group could interact with the toy in different ways…”

Luni – playful furniture by Anastasija Ribaka

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Luni is a F U N i t u r e – a toy that involves furniture functions. Colourful upholstered blocks of different shapes, that are something in the middle of Tetris blocks and animal shapes make it easy for kids to free their imagination, they can move and combine them together or use them to play with other toys.

KokoLoko – playful furniture by Hana Ciliga Zadro

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KokoLoko is a bench, stool or a shelf, but at the same time a car or a doll house. A design that gives children a possibility to create a character in a playful furniture.

Cooplay – play table round by Irena Vent

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Cooplay arises as a response to the loss of contact with nature and the excessive consumption of toys during childhood. In my research I discovered many studies that pointed to the harmful effects on childhood of children spending more and more hours in enclosed spaces.

KILE – playful furniture by Taran Johanne Neckelmann

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KILE is a playful furniture that has at least 4 set furniture functions, which means that they can be a part of the furnishing solution in the children’s bedroom. But it can also be turned into whatever the children think of through play.

Imaginary Language – educational toy for children by Alessandra Romario

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‘Imaginary language’ is a combination between construction games and role-playing games, in that way it stimulates cognitive and social skills, both fundamentals for the children’s growth. The design choices keep in mind the children’s fun.

Olabaa – architectural wooden building blocks by Adriana Salvat

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The inspiration for making small building blocks comes from the basic and important concepts in the field of architecture. The collection of play buildings wants to be a small reflection on the types of spaces that exist in the urban environment…

TALKY – 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.

Alma Therapy Dolls – play therapy toys by Yaara Nusboim

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I did some research and was surprised to learn that to this day generic toys are being used for treatment of children with emotional problems, even though the therapist’s and the patient’s needs are very different from what regular toys can provide. This was my motivation for the project: to design therapeutic toys that are tailor-made for the treatment of children with emotional problems in order to make it easier for them to connect to their inner world and heal their soul.

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