The key word was “simplicity”, to teach simple gestures and concepts to a child you need something equally simple and functional, so I made sure that my toy was as clean and clear as possible.
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presents both product concepts for children and creative toys, play furniture, home accessories and childrens’ furniture. Get in touch with the creators!
Big Book – literary play furniture made of cardboard by Maria Roberta Russi
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.
Continue readingMomentix 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 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 readingOlabaa – architectural wooden building blocks by Adriana Salvat
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…
Continue readingOdotoys – sustainable wooden toys by Stefan Dikker
A traditional wooden block set was the starting point. By adding wheels on removable axes a concept was born.
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