ED CHEVERTON

We stumbled across the brilliant  children’s book ‘Meet the Circus’ by Ed Chevervton.
In this creative and playful book, illustrator Ed Cheverton invites readers to meet a troupe of circus performers who create sculptures from found objects and shapes. Using simple materials from around the home as well as their imaginations, this entertaining troupe reveal how much fun can be had bringing works of art to life.
Here some pages and some example of his lovely toys.

Toys for and logo gif TOYS Exhibition.

Toys created for WIRED UK Magazine, October 2014

Toys made for the YCN Shop

MINIKUBO

Minikubo is a Kid's Décor brand that aims to empower children by embracing every child’s individuality. Wild in imagination and in personality, Minikubo was born out of the desire to fulfill every child’s free spirit. Its philosophy is to inspire parents to let their children be children.
Sara Machado is the Creative Director & Founder of Minikubo. She is the mum of two kids, one husband and no pets at the moment. They all come from Porto, in Portugal and are currently living in a little town in the North of Italy. 
Do you like it? We do!
Minikubo isn’t just another brand, it’s a way of life.
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IL RICETTARIO MAGICO BY MILIMBO

Milimbo are a graphic studio and a small publishing project, they design books, games, posters, objects...using a graphic, synthetic and symbolic code. They like the images that evoke stories and folk tales, they reinterpret them creating their own games to play and books to read.
We would like to show you their last board game "Il Ricettario Magico" (The Magic Recipes).
A funny game in which four explorers made a long journey to search the different ingredients necessary to prepare a recipe. A cake flour walking alone, a flightless cookies, a risotto with mushrooms growing ... Dare to begin this trip !!!
The game board is a itinerary through different geographical areas distinguished by colors and players must to set up at the begining of the game, there are different ways to mount.
 
The project emerged as UovoKids Festival proposal in 2015 and  they made a first edition aimed at Italian schools. Now they created a "special Milimbo edition" with some changes and improvements. They began a crowdfunding campaign for financing the production of the game, the translation into several languages (French, English, Italian, Spanish and Catalan) as well as the production of the different rewards and shipments.

This is for sure the era of digital games....but traditional board games may still have a place in your family! Best of all, everyone in the family can play some games! Grandma, grandpa, parents, kids can gahter around the table to enjoy time together. Board games  teach children many valuable lessons, such as how to follow rules, how to wait for your turn, how to be loyal and how to share.

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SALVAPECUNIA BY ARAGO DESIGN

ARAGO DESIGN is the brand which identifies the objects designed and produced by Elisabetta Di Bucchianico e Dario Oggiano, at L'Officina delle Invenzioni (The workshop of Inventions), in Pescara, Italy. ARAGO DESIGN is the joint label of two designers who use to ask themselves many questions, feeling they have great responsabilities.
The natural consequence is a catalogue of objects endowed with multiple personality.
SalvaPecunia is a piggy bank made of glazed clay and cork.
Pecunia, which means money in Italian comes from the Latin pecus, sheep.
SalvaPecunia by Arago Design, shows the gentle animal protagonist of a thousand stories, the richness of which the sheep is historically bearer. Reborn as a piggy bank but with cultural references, it enhances its symbolic value, until it turns into a coherent symbol of positivity.
Find out more here.

LUMPING ROCKING HORSE BY ALVINT STUDIO

Alvin Tjitrowirjo, founder and creative director of the studio AlvinT, was invited to take part at the exhibition 'Alamak' who took place at the XXI Triennial of Milan (April -September 2016).
The exhibition, organized by Yuichi Nakamura and Tim Power, takes place in the prestigious Palazzo dell'Arte and provides designers and artists chosen from 10 Asian countries, including Alvin Tjitrowirjo.
Among the pieces that he brought to our attention, there is Lumping rocking horse. It is derived from a traditional Javanese dance which alvinT transformedia modern playful outdoor furniture drawing a light and dynamic silhouette. The graphical woven texture of the body made out of rattan injects a dose of local flair, providing a nice contrast to its solid black or white aluminium frame. 

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?
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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

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Pictures by PENNY of MotherNatured