A mix of tradition and originality, with attention to the environment and social responsibility: the Norwegian brand Blafre is all this! A family-run company that since 2005 has been creating accessories and products to give color, joy and practicality to the lives of children! Backpacks, water bottles, lunch boxes with unusual shapes and much more! The products of this brand are functional, fun and designed to last a long time and be passed from one child to another in order to reduce waste! Blafre: when design and ethics go hand in hand!
NAHEN
Nähen perpetuate and modernize the tradition of embroidered linen. For us, our tribe, our host table, our events, special occasions: customize our laundry! We think this is fantastic!
NAIVE LOW CHAIR BY EMKO
We love the Naïve Low Chair by the Lithuanian-based furniture design and home-accessory company Emko.
It is the youngest member of the Naïve family, that introduces itself with a bright, yet mature and subtle look. Its main visual characteristic is a large leather strap that holds the backrest attached to the body. A firm connection between wood, leather and textile serves its function and makes it visually distinctive. After a long day, Naïve Low invites us for a cup of tea or coffee, to have a relaxing read or a small adventure while watching a movie. Wonderful!
BIBU
We love Bibu products, patterns, textiles, toys, paper goods, and wall art. Their design signature is the combination of bold colours, simple graphics with happy geometric interactions for our surface designs, suitable for children and adults alike. In particular we fall in love to these kids cushions that can be used as a teddy bear, as a pillow or as a decorative cushion. Each cushion is individually cut and lovingly handmade in Barcelona, which makes each item a unique piece!
BABY BELLO
We discover Baby Bello: a new brand from Amsterdam who proudly present their self-designed products to the world. See their wooden Mobile holder made with FSC certified wood and looking for the new protected animals collection!
CHILDOME
Look at Childhome collection of products for children, perfect for the well-being of the little ones: from furnishing accessories, to games, to accessories for the stroller and for home safety. So nice elements to make the life of young parents as easy as possible!
EKOBO
We totally agree to Ekobo philisophy: they have always believed that being green isn’t a fad, or an option, so they remain committed to making products that are durable, safe, thoughtful alternatives for today, but most importantly, for tomorrow. All their products are meant to be used and REUSED, by big and little, day in and day out, indoors or outdoors. Love them all!
KAKAPO
Kakapo draws its inspiration from nature and animals to offer original, fun, educational and gender-free creations that are entirely designed and made in France in a traditional way. Their collections highlight rare animals from all continents to raise awareness of environmental protection. Look at the first edition of “Anima grata” that highlights unknown animal species as rare as they are precious. Each box contains a beechwood animal and an illustrated fact sheet to learn everything about the species represented and its way of life.
SLOWDOWN STUDIO
Look at Slowdown Studio based in sunny LA, who collaborates with artists from around the world to design blankets, rugs, towels, and other home goods. Wonderful!
JUST BLOCKS
We totally agree with Just Blocks brand who strongly feel that playing with toys should be exciting and help develop the imagination of children. They create wooden blocks easily to arrange and combine to build impressive structures. Like them we have been and we are continuing to learn from children's creative play!
DANTOY
Dantoy, the biggest manufacturers of quality toys in the Nordic countries, is launching a brand new “I’m green” line of bioplastic products, made at least 90% sugarcane, a sustainable raw material, and they are 100% recyclabe. Look at these BIO dinner and coffee/tea sets easy to wash in the dishwasher! And what about these sand set, and truck and tractor sets? Wonderful!
PLASTICUS MARITIMUS
When Ana was a kid, she used to play on the beach, rather than in her backyard. She would take long walks on the sand, observing tides, collecting fossils and enjoying nature. But gradually she started to notice that a new invading species was becoming more and more common on the shores: plastic. To help warning people for its effects on life in our planet, Ana became a marine biologist and decided to start collecting plastics. She even gave a name to this new species: Plasticus maritimus. Ever since, she never gave it any rest and started a project to raise awareness of this issue and promote a more conscious use of plastics. Based on Ana’s project, Plasticus Maritimus book holds information on the relationship between plastic and the oceans. It also includes a practical guide for collecting and analysing samples of this species on the beach. The main goal: inspiring change! Now it’s time we do something about it.
KINETIC LEVI
We totally love the hanging kinetic mobiles & home decor by Kinetic Levi, don’t you?
Look at their shadows on the wall!
TRE' TIMBER TRADITIONAL TOYS
Look at Tré, timber traditional toys: a Spanish project of adding sensitivities for childhood, for the growth of children, their learning and access to society that surrounds. They work with quality materials, renewable and Eco-friendly, birch wood from sustainable forests, water-based paints with Certificate of child use and cotton fabrics. So with all these components they create toys and furniture perfectly integrated into the home decor, so cool!
NIMIO
NIMIO was born in Madrid in 2012 from a Francesco Monaco idea, an italian architect and designer based in Spain. It is a laboratory for design and self-production of handmade objects for everyday use. It makes and selling customized pieces, create original spaces and explore the horizons of the power of independent design. We discover it and we already love it!
SQUARE BY IN2WOOD
See the new 3 drawer chest Square by In2wood which create high-quality Belgian designs that may appear simple, but are the product of a great deal of thought and professional expertise. This collection is created freehand, perfectly keyed to a nomadic lifestyle, and beautiful in its simplicity. Every piece is simple to move about, allowing you to easily adapt its new function to your interior needs. Fantastic!
PIPOUETTE
Here you are Pipouette and its puppets with interchangeable faces: joy, anger, fear and sadness and multiple combinations to let your children discover and live the emotions with the heart and the body.
Pipouette born from the idea of Nathalie, a mother of a little girl, and it’s mantra is "your emotions are beautiful, live them". So poetical and so beautiful!
SISTERS BY SOPHIE-HARRIS TAYLOR
We love Sisters by Sophie Harris-Taylor, a book published by Hoxton Mini Press that is a celebration of sisterhood, in all its glory and with all its flaws. Sophie spent two years photographing and interviewing more than 100 sisters in an effort to better understand this most intimate of bonds. Her tender portraits combined with short interviews reveal the jealousies, fears, love and laughter that co-exist at the heart of each relationship. Don’t you think that these photos are amazing?
BISAME
We literally love Constantine by Bisame: from birth to adulthood, this piece of furniture accompanies parents and their child and maintains their special bond through small moments of daily complicity.
MUES DESIGN
Launched in 2014, MUES Design is a business run by two sisters both eager to share and express their ideas about interior design. They conceive interior design as an incredible playground where switching from a classic to a kitsch look, from a retro to a contemporary style is not a miscue but an interesting mismatch.
They create wallpapers in their Parisian studio: the depth of their designs comes from a work they do first by hand like water coloring, sketching, drawing…
Have fun looking at these motifs!