BLOCKY

BLOCKY is a set of wooden blocks to be colored with chalks. Made of solid wood, recovered from manufacturing processing waste,
painted with chalkboard painting to be transformed by kids imagination. An object able to enhance your creative thinking and that makes it fun to learn about recycling. Its packaging is very nice, made of cardboard and can be customized by kids (For example it can be turned into a birdhouse)

Designer: NINE associati | Emilia Caffo (concept & development)

Paolo Emilio Bellisario (development), Matteo Di Sora (development)

Company

COMAC + FABlab Frosinone

TIPPE TOP

Tippe top designed to become a tree when it’s spun at a high angular velocity. With Japanese Kanji, two trees represent woods and three represent a forest. Designed for More Trees Design by
Yasuhiro Suzuki

TSUKIMI

Tsukimi is V-shaped Japanese minimalist version of Lego, made with Japanese Cedar ecologically harvested in a village of Nagasagi Prefecture, and is designed by Kengo Kuma, an internationally famous architect who is designing the new Stadium for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, in collaboration with ryuichi sakamoto’s forest conservation organization more trees. This is a set of 13 pieces which can can be stacked and assembled in a variety of ways.

MANOMINE

Dietro a questi bellissime creazioni in feltro c'è Mia Schmidt che con passione e amore realizza a mano ogni singolo dettaglio.
Chi non vorrebbe tornare bambino per potere averne uno per sé?
http://manomine.net
http://manomine.bigcartel.com

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Behind this beautiful felt creations there is Mia Schmidt. She handmade every single detail.

Who wouldn't want to be a child again to be able to have one?

http://manomine.net
http://manomine.bigcartel.com

ZARA AND MER MAG: #Recycle #boxeswithapast #joinlife

Chi non ha comprato on line un capo Zara per sè o per i propri figli? Pensate a che fine avete fatto fare alla scatola che lo conteneva...lo avete gettato? Peccato! Zara questo mese ci da consigli su come poter riutilizzare i propri imballaggi. La favolosa Mer Mag ha contribuito con realizzazione di costumi e maschere. Sotto il facile tutorial. Cosa aspettate? Armatevi di forbici colla e colori e date sfogo alla vostra creatività!
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Have you ever bought a Zara garment for yourself or for your kids? Sure you have. Don't tell us you threw away the packaging! What a pity! This months Zara asks you to help them to recycle and to give each box a brand new life! The super cool Mer Mag has been asked to show us a tutorial for transforming these boxes in beautiful masks and costumes. You will need a pair of scissors, some acrilic colours, some fantasy and that's it. 

#recycle #boxeswithapast #joinlife

WINGED INSECTS BY SANG WON SUNG

Sang Won Sung è nato a Seoul, Corea del Sud, nel 1965. Vive e lavora a San Paolo - Brasile. Qui potete vedere alcune delle sue creazioni giocose che trasformano oggetti in plastica che normalmente usiamo ogni giorno in insetti alati e in esseri immaginari.
Maggiori informazioni e più immagini qui.
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Sang Won Sung was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1965. Helives and works in São Paulo - Brazil.
Here you can see some of his playful  creations which combine plastic items that we normally use every day into winged insects and imaginary beings.
More info and pictures here. 

 

POGO toys

Al Salone del mobile di Milano abbiamo incontrato Rodion Zanevich, un giovane designer che ha creato dei bellissimi giocattoli in feltro che ha chiamato "Pogo"costituiti da semplici strisce di feltro assemblate tra loro tramite bottoni automatici.
Pogo permette di creare con fantasia, aeroplani, macchine, animali, trattori, braccialetti, etc...
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San At Salone Satellite in Milan we met The young designer Rodion Zanevich who has created The beautiful toys "POGO" made by flexible felt that can be connetted with snap buttons.
With Pogo and your imagination you can create planes, cara, bracelets, tractors, etc.....

TIMO HAND MADE

Dietro a queste belle creazioni c'è l'israeliana Timor Choen.
La nascita di "Timo-handmade" è avvenuta quasi x caso, quando durante un trasloco a Timor sono capitati tra le mani un barattolo di bottoni, una federa ricamata, fili multicolori, etc...così si è messa al lavoro e guardate un po' cosa è riuscita a fare?
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Behind this beautiful things there is the Israelian Timor Choen.
Timo-handmade was born by accident when while moving apartments, she discovered an enormous textile collection, a jar of buttons, an embroidered pillowcase, and so on… So she set to work. Look at her jobs.
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