Luckey Climbers : Playground Structures That Make Life More Fun

Lucky Climbers create playground climbing structures, that look like sculptures. Dozens of Luckey Climbers have delighted children and adults alike…

A Shift in Values Everywhere by Charles Eisenstein

"I've been seeing news articles a lot recently about parents being arrested and their children removed from their custody because they let them play…

Leanter, Emotional Design

Gift is a lamp by Leanter,  inspired by nature. Made out of wood and aluminum, it is available in 7 different tones.

Jippi’s new home products

Based in Paris, Jippi promotes Norwegian design from the past and the present, by using natural and exclusive materials. Their sheepskins, reindeer…

Cool & Beautiful : Eco Toy Tip Cart FRANZ” by Sirch

Tip cart FRANZ, by German company Sirch, is the winner of the Smallish Design Awards 2015 in the Eco Toy category. 

Art with Kids in Milan

This summer will take us to Switzerland (for only long enough to allow us a swim in an Alpine lake), to Italy (Milan, Bergamo and Venice), to…

Where the wild things are

When was the last time - or indeed, the first time - that you went some place really wild with your kids? Not just off-road, but truly wild. Where…

100 Questions: Family Edition

Last month, London's School of Life launched 100 Questions: Family Edition - a toolkit designed to bring families closer together. Good conversation…

For the incurably curious

'A destination for the incurably curious'. The personal collection of over one million objects that Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) collected in his…

Origanids, pop up playhouses to unfold our imagination

Fascinated by modular micro-architectures, Sarah Osseland created the Origanids, foldable play houses made in recycled materials, that can be bought…

DUDUK, Home Collection to sit in or on

When Naomi Bolderhey-Pescheux and Judith Bakker met in Indonesia. The two Dutch designers were expats in the country at that time, and it took them…

Meditate on this

Elsewhere, Pirouette has remarked on the benefits of meditation for children, and simple ways that healthier classroom habits have improved school…