Recipe: Vegan Gluten-Free Banana Loaf
If your children are gluten intolerant, coeliac or if you simply want to go for a low glycemic index diet (see the related post Smart Food for Smart Kids), this quick and easy recipe is for you. It's also sugar-free yet delicious and it will please the whole family.
Travel Journal: Cabbages & Kings – Peru, Artisan Craft
For some the very idea of travelling solo with a 7 month old on a business trip may be enough to cause a rise in blood pressure but for Alexandra Gizela the founder of Cabbages & Kings it's a time to be cherished and enjoyed. We catch up with her following her latest trip to…
Young Creative Brands Are Back at Pitti Bimbo – The Show Takes a New Role Of Emerging Trends Incubator
Pitti Bimbo will take place in Firenze in about a month (19-21 January 2017). The show is bubbling with three new spaces dedicated to young brands. KidzFIZZ (Pitti Bimbo’s concept laboratory) will have its second edition, while The Nest (niche brands with a high creative…
Is Kidswear Declined Into Adult’s The Way To Go?
There was a time when adult brands were launching their own kids lines, one after the other : Dolce & Gabbana, Stella McCartney, Burberry, Chloé, Marni, etc. The opposite model - "mini-me" going to "maxi-me" - is a more recent trend, as a bunch of cool brands show us:…
Food for thought : Five a Day!
Do you know Five Books? This excellent site showcases writers, thinkers, academics and others, who present the best five books on just about any topic under the sun.
Toyella and the Cool Toys
British online store Toyella offers a great range of gifts that promote traditional play and interaction. With a focus on hard to find, different items with a high level of style and design, their toys bring a depth of social, physical, educational and developmental benefit.
Smart Food For Smart Kids
The right nutritional approach can make a great difference in a child's development, with so much impact on intellectual capacities, concentration and behaviour - not to mention general health of course. We keep hearing about the five-a-day fruits/veg, but there is a bit more to…
New collaboration : Stella McCartney x Smallable
It's called "COOL FOR CATS", it's a capsule collection featuring spirited cat & other animals illustrations in fluo shades. This new collaboration between Stella McCartney and Concept Store Smallable is made from organic cotton - for boys and girls ages 2 to 14.……
Urban Farming : Top Job Of The Future?
Ever make mud pies when you were growing up? These days, kids are as likely to be getting their hands dirty in the vegetable garden. Which could be a professional asset for them in the future! Urban farmers will be sought after, as futurists explain in this interesting article.…
Animal Rescue or Pet Project : Oeuf x SCAR
We are under the spell with Oeuf's latest photoshoot, featuring dogs, cats, rabbits and even a turtle, from an animal shelter in Brooklyn. Such a wonderful idea combining brand awareness + charity. All this is coming from Sophie Demenge's true love for animals, and for her…
Experimental Guest House by Steven Holl Architects
This new development by Steven Holl Architects looks like a doll house. Kids will love it at first sight. Located in Rhinebeck (Upstate New York, near Woodstock), it sits in the middle of the green. But it has more than this...
Babesta NY : Space Odyssey
Tribeca store Babesta (downtown New York), is also an e-store that runs a magazine called Babesta Beat. Their latest story "Space Odyssey", styled by Michel Onofrio, features cool city kids in some of the most creative childrenswear brands of the moment.
Coup de Coeur! Leather Accessories by Honey & Toast
After 15 years spent designing and developing accessories for the likes of Paul Smith, Alice Temperley and Mary Katrantzou, Emma White decided to launch her own brand, Honey & Toast. This delicious range of leather accessories is designed and carefully developed to be of…
Bumoon : Playing With Origami
Bumoon is a design brand dedicated to children, from deco to fashion. Their aim is to let kids be free to be kids, to surround them with beauty and harmony and to stimulate their imagination.
Milk&Biscuits Photographed By Michelle Marshall
Milk&Biscuits' F/W 16 collection was shot by Michelle Marshall , inspired by the wonderfully dysfunctional depiction of family life in Wes Anderson’s movies. The images have a dense texture, their colours bring an appropriate smell of Autumn.
Photography : Neal Slavin’s Portugal
American photographer and television/film director Neal Slavin lived in Portugal and photographed the Portuguese people from late 1967 to 1968, when Salazar’s health took an unexpected turn for the worse, ending his dictatorship.
PèPè Children Shoes x The Animals Observatory
When it comes to PèPè Children Shoes + The Animals Observatory, we say Vive La Collaboration!
Deborah Sfez & Mélanie Rodriguez PAPIER MACHE #12 ‘By instant illumination’
Wonderful fall tones - from caramel to poppy red - in this inspiring series by Mélanie Rodriguez and Deborah Sfez for magazine Papier Maché.