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).

TENDER SECONDHAND

Funny puppets for Zoomy, made from wool and sometimes cashmere jumpers sourced from vintage/secondhand shops. Their eyes are made from the jumpers' buttons, all Maiike

LISA HOW OLD R U?

LISA SCUDIERO -  AL2698

how is your bed? My bed is white and it’s the same of my sisters. I sleep with them. Before sleeping a beautiful thing happens every time: Serena, my big sister, tells us “good night”, Alice, my little sister, tells us “good rest”, finally I tell them “sweet dreams”, so we fall asleep!

which kind of meal you don't like? and which is your favourite one? I  don't like alla green vegetable: courgettes, green beans, cabbage, beans...! Desire icecream! I love when my mum authorizes my sisters and me to eat it in front of the TV.

which is your favorite book ? "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott is fantastic! It's also my favourite film!

have you got an imaginary friend? No, I haven’t an imaginary friend, but I have a lot of true friends!

 

ROMY HOW OLD R U?

ROMY BOESVELD - Kidsontheroof - designer

How was your cot when you were a baby? How is your bed? The cot was most certainly a 2nd hand one as I was born unplanned with very young parents whi had no budget. The bed is a 2-layer bed for me and my sister my father made himself. With an integrated wooden kitchen on the first floor for us to play with and it is lots of fun.

Which is your favorite dish your mum uses to cook for you? What meal don’t you like at all? Favourite: pancakes of course, for most dutch kids I think  - with “stroop” (old dutch syrup). Hates: everything cabbage like…..red / white / green ….brrrrrr

What is your favorite book? Wiplala from Annie MG Schmidt, about a little little man as big as your little finger who can do magic but not well enough – therefore his co-Wiplalas have sent him away and he arrives in the human world. He comes living with a Dutch family of one father – a writer who doesn’t make any money and needs to accept some uninteresting job – and two kids – a boy and girl. Together with Wiplala they have lots and lots of adventures.

Did you have an imaginary friend? No, we have a real dog and a hamster and a rabbit – that is great!

 

ILYA HOW OLD R U?

ILYA YASHKIN - Kindsontheroof - designer

How was your cot when you were a Baby? How was your bed when you were a child? I had a cot made by my grand father, like a small boat, blue of colour.

Which Is your favorite dish your mum used to cook for you? Usually my father is cooking, he works at home and he cook good. I like saucisson freche very much, but usually it is for adults. Strange old fashion world!

What meal don’t you like at all? Just a morning meal, before the school.

What is your favorite book? Jack London's South Sea Tales. Where boys are man, hard but happy.

Do you have an imaginary friend? No, But I have a lots of dogs as friends. In our country village they know me all!

 

RICHARD HOW OLD R U?

RICHARD WARMOUTH - WEAMO - designer How was your cot when you were a Baby? How is your bed?

My Cot was plain white classic and simple. My bed is a bunk bed I sleep in the lower bunk whilst my older brother John sleep in the upper bunk, it is always good fun pushing his mattress with my feet just to annoy him.

Which is your favorite dish your mum used to cook for you? What meal don’t you like at all? I love trifle and apparently if leave alone with one would eat the lot, all meals in our house are  big so this is some mean feat. I dislike traditional Sunday Dinner with roast beef and all the trimmings especially brussel sprouts, ironic is becaming now my favourite meal - if cooked by my mother that is.

What is your favorite book? The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley, maybe that’s why I love surfing and steam engines?

Do you have an imaginary friend? No