The family-owned Montana Furniture has provided generations with personalized storage solutions, since 1982. The Danish high-end furniture company was established by Peter J. Lassen, who also created the modular Montana System. Today, the company is run by Peter’s son Joakim Lassen, who is the fifth generation of his family to work with furniture and the great-grandson of manufacturer Fritz Hansen.
Montana Furniture is based on Peter J. Lassen’s philosophy that every one of us has a need for freedom and a natural desire to create our own personal spaces. With Montana you get endless possibilities and freedom to create the look that’s just right for you.
We love these children’s room with their mini pieces: Montana lets you create the perfect setting for the magic days of childhood. And a room that adapts and develops along with your child. Cool!
OGNI VOLTA EDITED BY LAPIS EDIZIONI
Ogni volta is the title of the beautiful (and moving) book published by Lapis Edizioni.
The text by Silvia Vecchini gives a magic formula to read in a poetic way the relationship between parents and children. She focuses on moments of intimate and fruitful exchange between adults and children, showing with the simple formulas "Every time ... it is you who ..." how immensely great is the world of emotions and sensations that a child can disclose to his parents.
The extraordinary images by Daniela Tieni play to hide and reveal the very strong bond, which holds together the receiving of the child and the shower of gifts that reaches those who take care of him with love.
MAQUETTE KIDS
Maquette Kids dollshouses are designed to give children a place to create and build a world of their own. These dollhouses embody the philosophy that children’s imaginations thrive when they are given a fertile habitat for their creative play. Designed with space constraints in mind, each house can be happy alone or with a neighbor - accommodating any number of kids who want to join in the fun. The graceful designs are inspired by the townhouses that line the streets of Brooklyn and all their products are made in New England with durable and time-tested natural materials. Each house comes flat-packed and is easy assembled in 4 steps. Wow!
MERI-LOU
With a history of working as an interior stylist and having a love for everything interior design, Meri-Lou was born. Meri-Lou was inspired by the Laurien’s personal experience of becoming a mother.
With a fine collaboration with factories in Indonesia and India, she creates a collection of small furniture and home accessories, mostly handmade and is sophisticated, contemporary, unique, and has a vintage feel. We totally love it!
PICCOLO GIARDINO DI POESIE EDITED BY RIZZOLI
The book Piccolo Giardino di Poesie edited by Rizzoli is child-friendly: simple and clear. Reading it, you will discover a wonderful universe, where dreams and reality mix, and every place, every moment and every object becomes the starting point for a fantastic journey. Taking a cue from the singular child he once was, The author, Robert Louis Stevenson, tells us about childhood, portrayed by the dreamlike and melancholic images of Ilya Green.
We really love this book, starting from the dedication by Robert Louis Stevenson to his beloved nanny, Alison. The Piccolo Giardino di Poesie perfectly matches an old author to a young illustrator.
Graphically, it comes through a challenge: the illustrator uses a four colours range, working for a week; the result of these pine green, coral red, yellow and powder pink images is wonderful!
WILD & SOFT
Wild & Soft is a Belgian company which creates the softest home accessories in the world. Drawing from the love of Nature and the mission to make children and adults happy, they bring the animal kingdom into your interior. Their wonderful products are designed in Belgium and made with high quality materials. Because they are made by hand, every item will be original and slightly different. Love them all!
SABO CONCEPT
The brand SABO CONCEPT was launched by a married couple. She is a designer, he has a passion for wood crafting. Their talents were combined and developed into beauty, functionality of shapes and lines. The brand possesses an important moral dimension, stands for environmentally friendly and high-quality production, discarding plastic and other unfavorable materials, remembering that their main consumers are children. Affected by Scandinavian style, they balanced tendencies from the past with nowadays trends. Brand manifests minimalism, simplicity and at the same time sophistication of lines.
WE ARE BITTE
We Are Bitte was founded in 2017 by Katrine Loug Jagd.
In 1979, a family member made an elephant chair in his garage. This chair has given rise to great joy for every single child who has met the elephant. And combined with Katrine’s eye for aesthetics, it led to an update of the chair with clear references to the original design. “Eskild Toddler Chair” was born. And We Are Bitte was born.
“Bitte” is the pet name of a beloved family member – the little girl whom the original elephant chair was designed for more than 40 years ago. “Bitte” also means “tiny” in Danish, thus linking our name to the small children around us.
We Are Bitte’s products are designed in Denmark and based on a design tradition that builds on function and craftsmanship, and they create products meant to be passed on for generations.
We Are Bitte salutes slow living, playful moments of life, and close family ties.
Love it!
TWEE ARMENVOL
Having a child is great, but parenting can be quite difficult. As a parent, you give your best, but it's not always perfect. A tool or some inspiration can offer a solution and restore peace to the home.
TWEE ARMENVOL wants to inspire and motivate young parents to spend time together with their children finding a daily routine that makes everyone happy. And where you meet your child's needs. We like to share what visibly helps us find balance within our families.
Look at the cards they create to inspire a familiar rhythm, aren’t they beautiful?
MAMATOYZ
Mamatoyz is a wooden toy brand founded in 2014 by 3 industrial designers whose projects in many different fields have been awarded for making children happy. The experience of the MamaToyz design team combines with its design skills and knowledge of wood materials to create original, high value-added and user-oriented designs. Each product is designed based on children's development and is produced using natural and hand-crafted wood materials. Lovely!
QURKIES
Qurkies blocks are made of a waste stream from the cork bottle stoppers industry. So yes, they are made of cork. Cork is a super susainable material. It is a real CO2 sponge and it's very easy to recycle.
Qurkies are invented by Ruud van den Heijkant, a Dutch product designer and a father of two.
Ecologic sense is not only expressed in the Qurkies blocks, but also in their packaging. They minimize material and avoid plastic. Their energy comes from solar panels and they deliver packages by bike.
In 2019, Qurkies was selected and certified by the Solar Impulse Foundation as 1 of 1000 beautiful sustainable product initiatives. We love it!
CANDYLAB
Candylab have a clear and enthusiastic mission: to make the absolute best wooden toy vehicles on the market. They're gearheads, designers, engineers, parents, and have all banded together to become toymakers, with an unflinching commitment to quality. They believe in the extensive use of natural materials, unique craftsmanship, and steadfast adherence to principles of the midcentury pioneers of modern design: great design should be attainable, and not reserved to luxury status. Throw in some deep love for vintage automotive design, and the Candylab DNA was born, loved by children and collectors alike!
PHILOMENA KLOSS
Philomena Kloss was born in 2010 by Nadia and Tanya. They enjoyed embroidering, knitting, making home textiles and interior toys. Their creative imagination has no limits and they have always dreamed of something really independent and inimitable. At last one lucky day the image of their first Philomena Kloss bear appeared. The toy turned out to be both funny and serious, just the way they would like it to be. So beautiful!
BINI
BINI creates unique beanbags and accessories for kids. They focus on making top quality products and the artisanal nature of the brand is maintained by cooperation with companies whose contribution lies in keeping faith in a business model that priorities superior quality and never compromises on craftsmanship.
Everyone within the BINI family is a parent, madly in love with its child and their kids are their biggest inspiration and motivation.
Look at the BIN’s bean bag designed for sitting, laying, reading and playing.
It’s made from organic, durable cotton, pleasant to touch, woven in Europe!
COTTON CROISETTE COLLECTION BY HONORE' DECO
Look at this Cotton Croisette Collection by Honoré Deco: we totally love the Mini seats for children!
QUINCAILLERIE BY CAMILLE VIALLET ET THEO LECLERCQ
Quincaillerie is a project by Camille Viallet et Théo Leclercq, a designer duo based in Paris, that has its origins in a simple production system: the circular extrusion of porcelain stoneware. The earth is extruded into a linear log cut to the desired length, spontaneously deformed and without prior drawing, then punctually crushed to accommodate the screws. This production technique allows for formal variation around a basic profile. Each hook is a unique piece.
PETIT CHILDREN'S CHAIRS BY TON
Look at these two Petit Children’s Chairs by Ton.
They manually bend their furniture in the same workshops where their technology has been in use since 1861. They moved the features of their unique technique further more and mix them with contemporary designers’ thoughts. Their tables and chairs become a connection of quality, innovative shapes and a legacy to the place that has learned to understand the wood for generations.
We totally love Petit Children’s Chair No. 114, a high chair with a folding table, footrest and safety belt in the front part of the seat, which is intended for seating and feeding small babies. And the model of the Chair No. 14 designed for children who was already in the product portfolio in 1873!
KEECIE
With her background in product design and her passion for vintage design, Klaartje de Hartog is the driving force behind the Dutch Design brand Keecie. She has an unparalleled sense of color and detail. Moreover, her designs are not only beautiful with a screen print on the inside, but also practical. You can put everything you need in it. They are suitable for daily use. And they last for years.
We really love them!
3FFEN BY PAULA BOLDRIN
3ffen by Paula Boldrin is a cooperative game for ethno-linguistic coexistence in South Tyrol.
It is a project born from the need of integration between the Italian and German ethno-linguistic groups in South Tyrol, inspired by the ideas and writings by Alexander Langer, a South Tyrolean politician and leader of the Verdi who was active between the 80s and 90s, who was passionate about mediating between the different linguistic communities of his homeland.
So 3ffen is a cooperative game for elementary school children that was born as a meeting and sharing project, which aims to unite and bring children native speaking Italian and German together, with a view to overcoming prejudices and divisions.
Let’s discover it!
MALALA LA RAGAZZA CHE VOLEVA ANDARE A SCUOLA
This book edited by De Agostini and written by Adriana Carranca is the story of a modern-day heroine, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, teaches us the courage to fight for freedom and the importance of having an education. Malala lives in the Pakistani region of Swat, she is the best in her class and loves books. When she is just a child, her life is suddenly turned upside down. The country falls into the hands of the Taliban, Islamic extremists who impose strict rules on all the inhabitants of the valley, on pain of death. From that moment on, songs, dances and parties are banned. Women can no longer wear colorful clothes or go to the market. Above all, girls are prohibited from attending school. Malala, however, is very brave; her father Ziauddin taught her that you can fight against injustices and is determined to rebel to assert her rights and regain her freedom. At the age of eleven, therefore, she decides to use the only weapons she has: the pen and the word. She starts a blog through which she introduces the tragedy of Swat girls to the whole world and claims that all women need to be educated. The road she has taken is not easy and her life is seriously endangered by a terrible attack on the school bus that brings her home ... But his strength and her determination will be stronger than any attack. Go Malala!
Look at these beautiful illustrations by Bruna Assis Brasil!