Changemakers in the toy industry promote fair production conditions, a responsible manufacturing process and handling of materials. In short: more sustainability in children’s rooms. Indeed, some of the changemakers are taking completely new approaches.
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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 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 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 readingPost-Corona: How sustainability is now changing the toy and children’s furniture industry
Covid-19 not only has a significant impact on the healthcare system, but also poses enormous social and economic problems and therefore is also changing the toy and children’s furniture industry.
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.
Continue readingROCKEEES – 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 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 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.
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