This series of floating boats in cork and plastic for Portuguese Company Materia are gorgeous. Sure beats the rubber ducky I grew up with. Composed by a cork hull and a plastic add-on piece (a sail, a row of engine…
Continue Reading →Am I too big for the Wishbone Running Bike? Starts as a tricycle and on converts to two wheels as you (or your little one) grows. Via Grassrootsmodern
Continue Reading →Being the "favorite uncle" isn't as tough a job as, say, being the father, but there's still a responsibility to bring my new nieces/nephews awesome gifts. For instance, I spotted Isabel Roxas's Chibi Warrior branded merch at the Brooklyn Flea…
Continue Reading →Crazy cute wool slippers made from recycled sweaters. If I had a toddler in the family, they'd be rocking around in these soft-soled recycled gems. For sale on Etsy!
Continue Reading →Sudokid: Shape. Solve. Share! I love this 6 kids version of Soduku, with shapes instead of numbers. It's designed and developed by the Quirky community. This product requires 300 commitments to buy before it goes into production and is made…
Continue Reading →Superspace is a two year-old design studio based in Copenhagen; the fact that it's two years old makes sense, because right now Superspace devotes a lot of its energy towards designing for children. Take their (pictured) Honeycubes product: fuzzy little…
Continue Reading →I do believe the rusted, splintered, sun-bleached erection fenced inside the city park is called a playground. Probably planted there decades ago, it's bound to continue its rot. I'm sure in the beginning it was a design of its time.…
Continue Reading →When Dutch stroller company Bugaboo discovered that maintaining a curious, adventurous, and active lifestyle was of big concern to new parents, they decided to develop a program that would help to associate their products with that mindset. A tough challenge,…
Continue Reading →Minor Treads is a new Seattle, Washington-based company that is bringing some flava to the playground with their skate-influenced line of shoes for the little guys. Aside from the basics, which read something like: 1. brightly colored; 2. easy to…
Continue Reading →Molo, a vibrant line of children's clothing by Danish designer Louise Frederickson, is (sort of) making me wish there were more kiddies scampering around in my circle of friends. Driven by the principle that kids should be able to express…
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