international & responsible toy design discover now at afilii

Kit Tangram – educational wooden toys for children by Bruna Kim

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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.

Odotoys – sustainable wooden toys by Stefan Dikker

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A traditional wooden block set was the starting point. By adding wheels on removable axes a concept was born.

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.

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).

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.

design for kids curated by afilii @Maison & Objet Paris 2019 * list of exhibitors

afilii – international hub & platform for meaningful design for kids presents at Maison&Objet in Paris eight carefully chosen manufacturers and designers from six countries

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?

Creative & montessori toys of wood by Aishwarya Nair

Designing for children is an enriching experience because you can impact human life at its most crucial point. There is nothing more rewarding than adding an extra smile through your products into their lives.

BOWLES – The wooden bowling game by Julie Chrpová

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My inspiration was in nature – many forest animals. I could not decide which one I should choose. The idea was to create more animals than just one. The prototype is the set of five animal pins, three tree pins and a bowling ball.

Gustavo Maggio, toy designer from outofstockdesign

Some time ago, under the design collective outofstock we started a collaboration with the french brand Ekobo, that produces objects using bamboo as the main material. It was a very interesting project that led to a series of sand/beach tools and toys for children, made in bamboo composite.

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