Just when we thought we were safe from heart-tugging pictures of Baby Alpacas…..along comes The Animal Print Shop, creators of affordable, beguilingly beautiful, animal art prints—and arbiters of kid-centric taste. The brainchild of Los Angeles-based photographer (and animal lover) Sharon Montrose, The Animal Print Shop, specializes in high-quality photographic prints — Continue reading
Rotterdam-based designer Reinier de Jong has designed a bookshelf for children that can expand along with their book collection. The REK Jr. bookcase is a scaled-down version of de Jong’s original REK bookcase, designed several years ago, which was comprised of five interlocking components designed to slide together for more — Continue reading
In search of a surefire way to get kids to stay put while eating? This ingenious and wholly engaging Landscape Dinner Set by Barcelona-based home accessories brand DOIY may be the answer. In addition to encouraging kids to keep all table setting components firmly in their place, it provides plenty — Continue reading
We tried to, but just couldn’t get past these preposterously cute cloth moccasins from Citizen Native, which capitalize on the trendy chevron pattern craze. With faux suede sole and cozy faux shearling lining, these American-made little moccasins, which range in sizes from newborn to 2 years old, can be worn — Continue reading
The oddly-named Danish brand LuckyBoySunday is the brainchild of two Camillas—textile designers Camilla Ebdrup and Camilla Kørschen. Aiming for a brand that expresses a “poetic, artistic sensibility,” this duo has focused on soft goods, 100% alpaca wool products for children and home, all made by fair-trade cooperatives in Bolivia. We — Continue reading
The XO Tablet, designed by Yves Behar and FuseProject specifically as a learning tool for children, goes on sale at Walmart this week for $150. If an inordinate amount of attention is being paid to the unveiling of this device, it’s because this is the fourth iteration of a low-cost — Continue reading
Lovers of Vitra’s miniature furniture collectibles—but without the means by which to do the collecting—take heart. IKEA has jumped into the small-scale furniture game with a line of its most popular home products, a collection set to be released in August. The HUSET (Swedish for “the house”) collection is comprised — Continue reading
The Delaware type foundry House Industries has announced its fall and winter 2013 offerings, and it includes the Big and Tall Block Collection, a set of wooden toy blocks which feature numbers, letters and graphic repeat patterns. A collaboration with the Michigan toy maker Uncle Goose, the handsome set is — Continue reading
We couldn’t very well let this enchanting child’s room, styled by Swedish interior stylist Emma Persson Lagerberg, go unmentioned. Much like painters of still life compositions, interior stylists find ways to present existing, sometimes ordinary, elements in novel ways, and Lagerberg seems to posses the innate visual flair that makes — Continue reading
Designing a room around a single image may sound unnecessarily staged—until you set your sights on this purely winsome Nursery Project by the team at The Animal Print Shop, the online animal prints gallery founded by photographer Sharon Montrose. Using the latest addition to their inventory, the heart-tugging Baby Elephant, — Continue reading
Modernism, thankfully, isn’t just for adults anymore. Barcelona-based designer Javier Mariscal introduced Villa Julia back in 2009, a cartoonish cardboard playhouse, designed for Magis’ children’s collection, and the premise was simple: a light, visually appealingly house that children could (with a little help from adults) set up themselves, move wherever — Continue reading
We say it’s never too early to type-sensitize children. These simple, striking alphabet wall pieces are by a 2Modern favorite, Avalisa, which specializes is stretched fabric wall decorations. Each image is printed on fabric and stretched over bars to create a rigid, ready-to-hang work of art. These letters are designed to — Continue reading
These adorably imperfect dolls are patterned after drawings made by first, second and third grade children in Sri Lanka, part of a social design initiative called Me and My Doll, spearheaded by German designer Alexa Alexa Lixfeld. The dolls are hand made by women employed by The Selyn Socioeconomic Development Foundation, — Continue reading
If it’s possible for a blanket to achieve iconic design status, the Swedish designer Pia Wallen’s Crux blanket has been accorded it. Snapped up by those who can afford it, coveted by those who can’t, it’s the bedroom accessory tailor-made for self-proclaimed modernists and minimalists and, truthfully, anyone with good — Continue reading
Which kid wouldn’t be delighted with this terrific piece of typographic art we found on Fromage La Rue, the Australian site which specializes in handmade signage-based accessories? Cut from two layers of perspex (acrylic), one red and one black, and at nearly 12 inches high and 3 ft long, Blam! — Continue reading
Egg, Ant and Swan will hold altogether different meaning for some children, thanks to Minimii, a Danish company that takes child’s play seriously.The brainchild of founder Linda Sternberg, a mother in search of a dollhouse without the ornate fussiness of traditional dollhouses, Minimii has put its efforts towards creating an — Continue reading
It’s a pity kids won’t necessarily be impressed, but we think it’s pretty cool to be riding a tricycle decorated with a specially commissioned pattern by a prolific book illustrator. Coralie Bickford-Smith, who designs books for Penguin, and has created illustrations for the New York Times, designed this winsome “an — Continue reading
The UK’s Newhouse Textiles company has designed a simple and attractive child safety device for window blinds. Small steel brackets—disguised by a variety of playfully appealing shapes—act as traps for dangling cords or chains, affixing them to the window frame or wall and out of toddlers’ hands. Each winsomely stylized — Continue reading
We’re not kids, but we’re pretty sure if we were, we’d get a rise out of these imaginatively crafted jumping and flying insects, designed by Brazilian designer Isabella Torquato. The ecologically minded Torquato, who took a cue from the creatures of the Amazon rainforest, has given each of her characters — Continue reading
Here’s a novel (and green) gift idea for a kid or any comic book-loving adult: The Letteroom, a UK printing studio, will hand craft upper-case, 3-D letters, using original, vintage comic book pages and 100% recycled card stock. The letters are lightweight, but sturdy, and available in four choices of comic — Continue reading
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