Big Book is a children-sized book, big enough for kids to “enter” and experience it. Instead of written tales, the book has scenographies, which work as backdrop for the child to create his own stories.
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Momentix Toys – educational toys for children by Anna Gilbertson & Alana Amodt
As a kid, Alana loved Rube Goldberg machines (chain reactions.) We realized they were a perfect place to start in designing a toy that would create opportunities to organically practice those skills.
Continue readingKILE – multifunctional play furniture by Taran Johanne Neckelmann
KILE is a play 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.
Continue readingNarizotas – wooden toy puzzle by Joy Moraes
I created the puzzle “Narizotas” so that children and families with big noses can play with the subject, strengthen their self-esteem and face potential bullying situations.
Continue readingIrene Abarca, humanistic designer from miMI – ergonomic bags for children with diabetes
miMi is a line of ergonomic bags for children with type 1 diabetes to carry their insulin pump with them throughout the day. The product is shaped like a pet, so that the child conceives the disease as an ally and not an enemy.
Continue reading“meet the designers” presents responsible designers of toys and children’s furniture in person during digital pandemic times
With meet the designers, afilii offers B2B customers of the toy and children’s furniture industry the opportunity to meet some of the best independent designers for toy and children’s furniture as individually as possible during this pandemic.
Continue readingLuni – play furniture and children’s chair by Anastasija Ribaka
Luni is not just a piece of furniture, it is 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.
Continue readingCooplay – activity children’s play table round by Irena Vent
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 (home, school, playground, car, etc).
Continue readingKit Tangram – educational wooden toys for children by Bruna Kim
The inspiration was the traditional oriental toy called Tangram. It is a geometric pieced puzzle, and in a bidimensional perspective the player can build and discover silhouettes of animals. The pieces have no joints, they are placed close together on a table.
Continue readingEducational architecture: a floating school in Bangladesh by 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.
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