A traditional wooden block set was the starting point. By adding wheels on removable axes a concept was born.
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Prototypes for Kids
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ROCKEEES – creative open-ended toy made from recycled fridges by Jean-Pierre Raes
Did you ever play with stones at the beach or at the river side, trying to stack them on each other? I always loved the excitement and peace of playing with gravity. This was our inspiration.
Continue readingWaterbottle 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.
Continue readingNina – wooden baby cradle that grows with the child by Feit-Design
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.
Continue readingCodyBlock – creative wooden building blocks by Oscar Lhermitte
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).
Continue readingThe Space Between – creative wooden toys by Jason Dobbs
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.
Continue readingFixupcycling – chair for children made out of recycled materials by Sang Jung Lee
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.
Continue readingTempus – play therapy toy by Isabel Rodriguez
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.
Continue readingCardkits – creative toys made of cardboard by Anther Kiley
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.
Continue readingKULA – educational wooden toys for children by 40studio
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?
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