I’ve come across so many stories told by adults about their childhood furniture and the play in the in-between spaces around them. What strikes me is that it often comes down to what the child experienced as emotional about the furniture.
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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!
Lumme – carpet for children by Maija Puoskari
Lumme carpet is inspired by 60’s feeling and the shape of water lily’s leaves. There is a link in the centre of the carpet so it can be easily hung on the wall by hook. Materials are ecological wool felt and leather.
Continue readingMAVALA’ – modern kids furniture by Anna Licata
My sons Enrico and Bianca inspired me. MAVALA’ was born from the desire to offer them a solid starting point for playing and learning having fun, feeling free to interpret it as they desired.
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I wanted to design a set of furniture that will be friendly for kids and give them an opportunity to play with. I wanted to combine toys with furniture.
Continue readingRip + Tatter: chair for children by Pete Oyler
The Rip + Tattered chair was inspired by the ephemeral and imaginative nature of childhood.
Continue readingTotem – educational toys for children by Isabel Fuster
What was your inspiration for your Totem toys? I wanted to do a special toy designed to satisfy kids with less accessible toys available in the market due to endure any kind of disability. In this way I started to investigate and analyze the toy market until I realize that children with hearing impairment can […]
Continue readingPaard – rocking horse for children by Niklas Bonnevier
It started as a school project where we were supposed to make an hommage to the Gerrit Rietveld chair “Red and Blue chair” (1918). I made something that could be interpreted as a rocking horse …
Continue readingplay furniture game 2050 by Amaury Poudray
I have been inspired by the future, by the fact of wondering “what will live a child, in 30 years, whom was born today”. “What will be the world when a kid of today will be my age ? With all these changes”. And I decided to dedicate an object to the future of every kid.
Continue readingLino – a play furniture by Stefano Visconti
I was inspired by fruit box since I am a good fan of markets, usually one of the first destinations of each trip. Timeless and essential object, which perfectly fulfills its function, but also can be interpreted by different users.
Continue readingFlip – a play furniture by Lisa Marie Bengtsson
Being an adult and designing for children you must take extra care of the user, as you can’t completely put yourself in their shoes (even though we all own our own childhood). This means good amount of time for reflection and letting children test and evaluate your ideas is essential.
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