Katja Runge, Author at afilii | EN

Cardkits – creative toys made of cardboard by Anther Kiley

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Cardkits are inspired by the elaborate toy cities I built for myself as a child. I grew up in an artistic family without many commercial toys, and I started building my own out of paper when I was around 9.

design for kids curated by afilii @Maison & Objet Paris 2019 * list of exhibitors

afilii – international hub & platform for meaningful design for kids presents at Maison&Objet in Paris eight carefully chosen manufacturers and designers from six countries

Educational architecture: a kindergarten in Atsugi / Japan by Taku Hibino

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Since a kindergarten is an educational facility and is a place of the human basics formation, I think that there is not the change in what is demanded basically. Rather it is a concern to make a kindergarten which is too conscious of the technological innovation, we have alarmed against it.

design for kids curated by afilii @Tendence Frankfurt 2019 * list of exhibitors

afilii – international hub & platform for meaningful design for kids presents at Tendence in Frankfurt 12 carefully chosen manufacturers and designers from nine countries

KULA – educational wooden toys for children by 40studio

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Every single thing on this planet is a combination of many pieces (atoms, cells, etc). Our thought was … What if the final image is not always the same? What if mixing and combining different puzzle pieces leads you to different results?

Bench Gang – play furniture by Christian Cowper

Accepting that just as much thought should go into designing for a child as for an adult is important. Nobody is second to anyone else, so everybody should have access to meaningful and well-considered design.

Willi – creative toy for children with autism by Laura Fornaroli

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I still remember that I had gone to the river with some friends, and it is there that I saw two children playing spontaneously with pebbles. They arranged them in rows, made up shapes, stacked them and created paths trying to join the white striations of some stones.

Zipp kids furniture – play furniture by Ayushi Jain

Children are agile inquisitive creatures, running around, bending, twisting, throwing everything that falls into their hands. Fixed furniture not only restricts their movement but also its hard surfaces with complex assembly makes it rather dangerous for children.

Creative & montessori toys of wood by Aishwarya Nair

Designing for children is an enriching experience because you can impact human life at its most crucial point. There is nothing more rewarding than adding an extra smile through your products into their lives.

BOWLES – The wooden bowling game by Julie Chrpová

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My inspiration was in nature – many forest animals. I could not decide which one I should choose. The idea was to create more animals than just one. The prototype is the set of five animal pins, three tree pins and a bowling ball.

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