JEANNE HOW OLD R U?

Jeanne Susplugas - artist  

how is your bed when you were baby? My first bed was very design, a typical 60’ design, evoking a flower. I don’t remember the name of the designer but the wooden base was high and green and there was a white plastic hull on top. My parents are still having it; it's a very beautiful piece. Then my parents wanted something very simple, but they really couldn’t find and they decided to make it ! They made two identical ones, for my sister and for me.

which kind of meal you do not like? which  is your favourite dish that your mom prepare to you? I don’t like soup. I am supposely a peaceful baby so I would take it in my mouth and let it pour!  I like croquettes de purée and apples omelette with sugar! And, of course, crêpes.

your favorite book to read? I like Barbe bleue very much, it is so scarry and cruel!

have you got an imaginary friend? No... I have enough with my sister and my  brother.

 

DREAMING OF A KID CITY

The Kid City in an ongoing project by Noel Bramley and Richard Shed. It builds on work that each designer has done in the past few years, exploring the interaction of adults and children around stories, objects and the imagination.  The cloud, rainbow and mountain are the first in a series which is an ongoing enquiry into experiential storytelling and functional design and changing environments.

HARRIET HOW OLD ARE YOU?

HARRIET RUSSEL - artist

how is your bed? and your cradle when you were baby? It has a dark wooden frame, an old horsehair mattress and a blue eiderdown. I have sheets and blankets but all my friends have duvets.

which kind of meal you do not like? which is your favourite dish that your mom prepare to you? There are lots of vegetables I am very fussy about - carrots, leeks, artichokes, mushrooms etc etc. I use to dislike a lot of the school meals, probably because they aren't as good as my Mum's cooking! I love anything she makes - especially Shepherd's pie and Toad in the hole (sausages cooked in batter) Also macaroni cheese with peas.

your favorite book to read? I love the Babar books, Topsy and Tim and Enid Blyton's famous five and Mallory Towers.

have you got an imaginary friend? No. I have a sister so I don't think I really needed one. We have lots of dolls and toys who all have different personalities, and even speak with different accents!

which food did you cook first? I remember making up some recipes when I was really small, one of them was 'Ribena biscuits' It is basically Ribena, a blackcurrant squash drink, mixed with flour and water, and then baked in the oven. There is a variation made with orange squash. I think they are pretty disgusting! In fact, I don't think my sister and I ate really them, but instead offered them to my parents!

JAVIER and JOSE' LUIS HOW OLD R U?

Javier and José Luis Diez -  ninetonine - designers  

How is your cot when you were a baby? we don’t remember.

How is your bed? It is a lot of fun, because we sleep in a bunkbed, and each month we swop places, as sleeping in the top is much more fun than underneath.

Which is your favorite dish your mum uses to cook for you? Javier: Paella. José Luis: Arroz a la cubana – rice, with a fried egg and tomato sauce.

What meal don’t you like at all? Javier It’s odd, but I hate chard, but love spinach. José Luis: I deteste vegetable soup.

What is your favorite book? Javier: Sticker albums. José Luis: Robinson Crusoe.

Do you have an imaginary friend? No, neither of us.

 

WAITING FOR SPRING

Zoomy can't wait Spring to have new kinds of flowers to put in his pot Cavalier by az&mut.  Installed simply, directly on the balcony railing. It holds itself in place firmly without depending on any other accessory! so easy.

 

GERALDINE and RAPHAEL HOW OLD R U?

GERALDINE and RAFAELE - az&mut

How was your cot – and how is your bed? Geraldine As I was really in a hurry to be born (I arrived two and half month before the D day) my first cot was a wonderfull incubator! My bed is a wrought iron painted in pink. Rafaële I sleept in a Moses basket as long as it was just not possible anymore.

Which is your favorite dish your mum uses to cook for you? What meal don’t you like at all? Geraldine My favorite dish is "la patente", a sort of "croque-monsieur" done the canadian way (where my mom come from), which is strange though because it is well known for hiding my meat under my plate's rim... Rafaële I am a really bad eater, my mum says it is a nightmare. I am interested in chocolate, nothing else.

What is your favorite book? Geraldine the Grimm's tales, and "Fourteen bears in Winter"
 Rafaële the Perrault's tales, and "les contes du chat perché" by Marcel Aymé

Do you have an imaginary friend? Geraldine I have a big brother, enough for me... Rafaële None, but 3 extra real youngest brothers and sister

 

 

 

BLACK RICE MUFFINS

by il cucchiaino di alice

Ingredients white flour 250 gr,   Venere rice, eggs 3, milk 90 ml (or half milk and half white yogurth), 80 gr sugar,  1/2 portion of baking powder, 50 ml olive oil, cinnamon 1, (50 gr almond chopped)

oranges gelatin 4 oranges, 1 little spoon of agar-agar, 1 little spoon of sugar

oranges gelatin: Mixed the oranges pulp with agar-agar and sugar, warm up for few minutes. Switch off and wait. Fill a freezer  box and put there for around 30'.

muffin: whip egg whites, mix very well yolks with sugar, add oil and milk at the end egg white. Add flour with baking powder and cinnamon. Fill with this some muffin shapes. Add in the middle a piece of orange and put in the oven for20-30'. Serve them with orange juice!

 

 

ALICE and MARTA HOW OLD R U?

Alice and Marta - Yellow Basket

how is your bed? and your cot when you were baby? Alice My bed is pretty simple and low, but really full of puppies above my cushion. I can’t imagine how I could sleep well, but I love it! Marta my bed is big and I like the smooth surface of the wooden headboard.

which kind of meal you do not like? which is your favourite dish that your mom prepare to you? Alice I hate cauliflowers and fennels and I always remember them on school menu. My mum don’t love cooking but she prepar a funny fish shape with tuna, mayo and vegetables and I loved eating boiled potato and carrots with olive oil. Marta I hate meat and I’m fond of all kinds of raw vegetables. I love to walk around crunching carrots and cucumbers!

your favorite book to read?Alice “Cipollino” and all the rhymes by Gianni Rodari. Marta I don’t have a favorite book yet. I love all my illustrated books and I take good care of them: they look like really precious things to me.

have you got an imaginary friend? No, I didn’t but I had a special doll called Camilla. She was always with me. Marta yes, her name is Elisabetta and she’s from Rome. She often comes to visit me because we are pretty good friends!

Do you sleep with someone – something with? A bunny, a monkey, two penguin and a squirrel above my head was my sleeping set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARZU and PAUL HOW OLD R U?

Arzu & Paul, Arzu Firuz design studio

how is your bed? Arzu A lot of cuddly toys and dolls made of fabric are put down on my bed cover. In day time the bed's space becomes a playground : I like playing with all that toys around me ! Also I take advantage of the softness of the bed to lay down and look at the pictures of a fairy tell story. At night I find my lucky pillow. I can not sleep without it. I take it everywhere I go when I have to sleep outside home. Paul I have a bunk bed I share with my little brother. When I am in bed I discover fabulous landscapes in the ceiling's imperfections.

which kind of meal you do not like? and your favourite? Arzu I am not a big fan of vegetables neither of fish. But I do like meat balls, pasta and pancakes my mum usually makes on sundays. Paul It's not difficult to satisfy my taste when it comes to eat. I specially like delicatessen from Alsace (A region in the North East of France) bought by my grand mother for tea time.

your favorite book to read? Arzu I love illustrated books : I have old compilations of Mickey comics I read from the beginning to the end. When I went to my friend Adine's house I found a beautiful illustated Perrault's fairy tale book. So when I go to see her next time I will absolutely take time to look at those engravings. Paul I love the story of Robinson Crusoe and the Odyssey. I am fascinated by travel stories.

Do you have an imaginary friend ? Arzu I do not have imaginary friends but I am a day dreamer, I invent stories. With my friend Melis we are spending a lot of time inventing magical potions made of washing powder, shampoo and nail polish. Paul I do not have an imaginary friend. I can spend an entire day playing with my legos alone. I am making spacecrafts, stupendous houses, boats. But I am not inventing stories with these toys, I am mostly interested in construction and not in imagination.

 

DEBORAH HOW OLD R U?

DEBORAH BEAU - kickcan and conkers

how is your bed? and your cradle when you were baby? I've no idea what kind of cot I had but I love my 1950's pale yellow and pink bed and bedside table in my room at my grandma's house.  I spend a lot of time at my gran's and she's made me a pretty prink floral bedspread to match the ottaman chest at the bottom of my bed.

which kind of meal you do not like? which is your favourite dish that your mom prepare to you? I'm very picky, I don't like meat at all, it takes too long to chew, but I do like jam sandwiches.

your favorite book to read? My favourites are the Enid Blyton's Wishing Chair stories and the Folk of The Farway Tree. I would love to travel to new lands every week and slip down the slippery slide.

have you got an imaginary friend? No, I don't have any imaginary friends but I have a very special dolly called Sally. She's only got one eye now, poor thing, but she's my best friend and I take her everywhere.

 

 

GIULIA HOW OLD R U?

GIULIA SAGRAMOLA – illustrator How is your bed? My bed is a wooden bunk bed and it has been built by my grandfather for my little sister and I, I love it. The blanket is a checked cotton one, coloured with pink, yellow, orange and light blue.

Which kind of meal you do not like? and your favourite? I hate cheese, because I made myself sick eating it when I was 2 years old. I really like strawberries.

Your favorite book? I read lots of book, one of my favourites is The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.

Have you got an imaginary friend? Yes, he’s called Emanuele and he’s 6 years old (I’m 4).