HÉLEN PHAN, born in 1989 is a Child Culture Designer and a Product Designer based in Malmö, Sweden.
She is a young-at-heart designer totally infatuated with child culture and play. She designs experiences for and WITH children, working with products / interiors / spaces / graphics / concepts / service / workshops. She also does lectures on children's participation.
Find here following some of her projects:
AL'S HOUSE
A playhouse with tiny aluminium figures designed to be made in the technique aluminium-profiling. Inspired by children’s drawings of houses.
The concept is a neutral playhouse with belonging figures, free from class, gender and ethnicity. The colours and shapes of the figures represent the similarities and dissimilarities of people.
PAUSE
It suits one single child in need of an own private space as well as for two or more children’s need for social play in privacy. The concept also considers kindergarten as a context by having felt as material, a material that is sound absorbing at the same time as it enhances the feeling of a private space.
By being foldable PAUSE can easily be knocked down to be stored and save space. It could also be hung up on a wall and turned into a playful sound absorber.
KIWI BIRD BOX
How can a toy unite children with autism and other children in play?
Play makes the tool of Kiwi Bird box to give children with autism the opportunity to develop in social interaction with other children. Because, children are in fact the best pedagogues a child with autism can have. It is a mutual peep box for two children to play, interact and communicate with
each other. With the help of magical magnetism that the kiwi birds
possess, children can show, tell and guide each other in a playful way
when watching and affecting the world inside Kiwi Bird Box.
BIG FINKI
Play is about telling a story and finding bodily joy.
Big Fink and Little Fink are designed to be children's roommates, the kind of friendly play objects that have souls. Responding to children through physical interaction, the finks encourage children to express themselves bodily and narratively in cuddly play.Their bodies are made of textile and foam, and deep inside them lies the secret to their wobbliness: a small bag of rice that keep the them down-to-earth.
BLOB SLEDDING
Your friend through cold and snowy days!
GRÖNKULLA
A play furniture, designed to encourage children to express themselves physically in play with big bodily movements. Children are constantly discovering life with all their senses and their whole body. A physically active child is a play signal, that invites other children to join.
ORANGE
REST, SIT, PLAY, PRETEND, ROCK, GROW, ORANGE. ORANGE is designed to be an enclosed and protecting pupa for children with the possibility to open up for play and imagination. It's a product to grow up with, having the qualities of cradle, chair, resting place, swing, hut, toy, you name it.
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8 febbraio 2018
17 gennaio 2018
& ME - Pitti 86 -Unduetrestella
Thanks to Francesca (Threelittlepigs Blog) and Paola Noè (Unduetrestella) I have been able to have a look at the news presented by the Brand &ME (see our post dated 2015) at Pitti Bimbo 86 (Florence, 18 -20 January).
I have always loved their love for handmade and their use of natural materials and timeless forms. Have a look at their new (and old, why not?) collection, you will love it for sure.
Here, my personal selection:
BABY GIM
The new &me baby gym uses similar design elements as its bigger brother the &me crib. Created as a visually appealing addition to your babys environment whilst still having actual function in tactilly and visually entertaining your little one.
BABY PUZZLE
Wood puzzle with modern archetype forms.
99 NUMBERS
This new toy is both educative and decorative. It is a way to learn counting and numbers playfully. You can count from 00 to 99. While playing with it, kids learn their numbers.
It is inspired by old-fashioned numbers from ball games.
WOOD CLOCK
A funny way of learning how to read the time on a clock.
I have always loved their love for handmade and their use of natural materials and timeless forms. Have a look at their new (and old, why not?) collection, you will love it for sure.
Here, my personal selection:
BABY GIM
The new &me baby gym uses similar design elements as its bigger brother the &me crib. Created as a visually appealing addition to your babys environment whilst still having actual function in tactilly and visually entertaining your little one.
BABY PUZZLE
Wood puzzle with modern archetype forms.
99 NUMBERS
This new toy is both educative and decorative. It is a way to learn counting and numbers playfully. You can count from 00 to 99. While playing with it, kids learn their numbers.
It is inspired by old-fashioned numbers from ball games.
WOOD CLOCK
A funny way of learning how to read the time on a clock.
5 dicembre 2017
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
28 febbraio 2017
FIOREDORO - CHILDREN PLAY FURNITURE, WOODEN TOYS PLAY PLATFORMS FOR WORK SPACES
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Tattoo Bazar Playstand |
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Freestanding toy |
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Tattoo Bazar Play stand |
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Bazar Play Stand |
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Legumeria Play Stand |
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Legumeria Play Stand |
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Legumeria Play Stand |
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Lemonade Play Stand |
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Flower Kiosk Play Stand |
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Assembling is very easy |
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Assembling is very easy |
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Assembling is very easy |
29 novembre 2016
COSMOS BY HUZI
Their finishing is smooth as they are painted with 3 layers. They are made by solid beechand sanded by hand.
By Huzi
28 novembre 2016
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
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