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.
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Olabaa – architectual wooden building blocks by Adriana Salvat
The inspiration for making small building blocks comes from the basic and important concepts in the field of architecture. The collection of play buildings wants to be a small reflection on the types of spaces that exist in the urban environment…
Continue reading »Post-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 reading »Odotoys – 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 reading »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 reading »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.
Continue reading »CodyBlock – 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 reading »Cardkits – 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 reading »Imaginary Language – educational toys for children by Alessandra Romario
The toy is a combination between construction games and role-playing games, in that way it stimulates cognitive and social skills, both fundamentals for the children’s growth. The design choices keep in mind the children’s fun.
Continue reading »KULA – 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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