Prototypes for Kids Archives

Waterbottle toy – play therapy toy for children with cerebral palsy by Saran Samuel

Kids with cerebral palsy found it difficult to open the bottle cap, lift it, and drink without spilling so they had very little water every day. Also, the kids were so enthusiastic to listen to songs and dance by celebrities.

Nina – wooden baby cradle that grows with the child by Feit-Design

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We designed the N+L convertible series which consist of a baby cradle convertible to a drawing table, an evolutive and fun piece which can be used from newborn till grown up.

CodyBlock – creative wooden building blocks by Oscar Lhermitte

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The design inspiration for Cody Block was to create “fun little toy”. Not just a learning tool, but create a wooden toy that revolves around a univers (here, the city).

The Space Between – creative wooden toys by Jason Dobbs

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The design for the puzzle came out of a tile-laying board game I was designing that didn’t go anywhere. I had tried various shaped tiles during the process and stumbled upon the regular pentagon.

Fixupcycling – chair for children made out of recycled materials by Sang Jung Lee

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My dad had a small steel factory that had many oil barrels. So I designed a chair and toy for my son and developed it into my brand Fixupcycling.

Tempus – play therapy toy by Isabel Rodriguez

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When I was younger I met a kid who never looked anyone in the eye or talk directly to anybody. He was always creating awesome pieces of art and I always wanted to know why he behaved that way.

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.

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.

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