Tom & Boy is a genderless fashion brand for children and young adult, based in Spain.
We love their new Weird Toys collection: a celebration of the uniqueness of each person and, in particular, of each child.
A selection of hoodies, sweatshirts, pants, t-shirts, and accessories that combine playful prints with comfy designs. Each piece is made of the highest quality deadstock fabrics and sustainable materials sourced from Protugal.
THE MINUS PROJECT
The Minus Project is a three year transformation from linear to regenerative furniture. Not only a product as a service model, not only a better standard of logging, not only design for reuse, but a complete compact value chain. It is an ambition of a complete circular system, from natural tree seeding to furniture, via reuse and optimized lifespan of material - to carbon storage. Do you want to know more about them? Let’s start looking at their first piece: The Minus chair designed by Jenkins & Uhnger.
FRENCH CLICHE'
French Cliché is a label and a nomadic gallery founded in 2019 by Emily Marant and Hugo Matha.
During the past years the duo has selected over 30 young artists and designers to think around French culture and produce exclusive pieces developed with renowed craftsmen who symbolize French excellence. Which one is your favorite?
LOOSE PARTS
Loose Parts, a Los Angeles-based sustainable modular furniture brand founded in 2019, we met at Alcova during 2022 Milano Design Week. Its furniture system is designed to adapt to changing needs and environments. Based on an intuitive building concept, the invitation to assemble, disassemble and reassemble drives its design process encouraging reuse. Every pieces is made with regionally milled hardwoods, recycled metals and non toxic finishes with longevity and reuse in mind. We love it!
NUYI
NUYI wooden toys are designed and manufactured to satisfy the need for fun and support the development of children in the early childhood. The choice to use mainly natural materials, such as sustainable Guatambu wood with soft and elastic EVA rubber, meets the concept of a design that is not only aesthetic, but functional to offer a safe, creative, educational and multi-sensory play experience. NUYI obtains products that are easy to move, and ideal for early childhood play; they are perfect for furnishing children's bedrooms and any other corner of the house too. Amazing!
JUILLET JUILLET
Let’s have a look at the French label Juillet Juillet of anti-UV clothing/swimwear. The collection is aimed at adults and children and consists of t-shirts, hats, overalls, bodysuits and shorts. What's special about it? The pieces are bright, cheerful, colourful and the shapes are practical and perfectly tailored. Another advantage? It’s an eco-responsible brand with European manufacturing & quality Italian fabrics labelled OKEO TEX STANDARD 100 and ANTI-UV 50+ (without chemical filters thanks to a very dense mesh). The cherry on the top? The packaging is a drying net made of organic cotton, entirely recyclable! Amazing!
Photo credit: David Houncheringer
BOLD CHAIR BY SANTI GUERRERO
The Bold chair by Santi Guerrero is a very simple and neutral piece of wooden chair with some crispy edges and flat angles ! A statement chair for the bold kids room. Seat in FSC certified pine wood, structure on beech wood, coated with an oil based Osmo wax. We love it!
JEWELRY BY SELVA SAUVAGE
Look at the amazing handmade jewelry collection by the green brand Selva Sauvage, Passionate about beauty in every form and inspired by travels around the globe, they combine elements from nature with a bohemian design aesthetic. Love these colourful earrings!
TOLIX
TOLIX is a 100% made in France eco-design brand that thinks "recycling" by removing glue in favour of foliage, by replacing plastic materials with recyclable ones such as cardboard, by using the thermal energy of their machine park to heat their workshops. We love their sustainable choice of choosing steel and stainless steel materials for their collections, let’s have a look at the kids’ one!
BREASTFEEDING JEWELLERY BY MINTYWENDY
Breastfeeding jewellery by MintyWendy allows mums to add a feminine touch to their outfit, but it is also safe for their little one. Placed around neck, this silicone necklace accompanies all the sweet moments.
Attracted and intrigued by the breastfeeding jewellery babies will (finally!) leave mum’s glasses and hair behind, focusing on the latter. Their little hands will be busy to pull, to play or to put the soft pearls in their mouth. Let’s discover it!
Photo credits:
1 and 4: Candice Henin
2 and 3: Lucile Contopoulos
FELS STOOL BY OUT
Like a sculpture carved out of stone, the multifunctional FELS Stool by OUT opens up a new perspective on the natural material wood. An encounter of nature, craftsmanship and the Berlin state of mind. Whether at the table as a seat stool or as a side table in the living area, FELS looks like a completely new object from every angle. We love it!
NATHALIE LÉTÉ FOR PASTIGLIE LEONE
The French artist Nathalie Lété signs the new limited edition for Pastiglie Leone: five packs illustrated with bright colors and enchanted atmospheres.
The colorful, poetic and naive universe of Nathalie Lété, a world-famous Parisian artist, comes to life in the new collection for the historic Piedmontese confectionery company.
Nathalie Lété is inspired by her travels, but also by vintage toys and old engravings of flowers and animals, to create a world of fantasy that evokes Chinese and German folk art, the countries of origin of her parents. Let’s have a look at this fantastic collection!
NIKO NIKO
Niko Niko means 'say cheese' in Japanese. It is the chosen name for a brand from The Netherlands who spreads happiness by creating concept & products that make you smile, bring color, beauty and surprises. Look at its growing garlands, gift cards and confetti: they grow into wildflowers after you plant them! Love it!
LAITE WORKS
LAÏTE works is a brand that loves to tell beautiful stories through hand embroideries. Its visual inspirations come from nature, art, history, fairytales, cultures and everyday life. Its embroideries are done by craftsmen in New Delhi, India, using only natural fabrics as cashmere, silk and cotton. We love these naïve, poetic and delicate pieces!
ENDELEA
Endelea is an ethical fashion brand founded in Milan in 2018 to create clothes and accessories in African wax fabrics with a made in Italy design.
We love its home decor products, placemats and tablecloth, double-sided and two-toned, to be used to create different combinations always new. Amazing pieces designed in Italy and made with passion in Tanzania.
STEPHANIE BONVICINI
Stéphanie Bonvicini is a French visual artist. Sculptor and ceramist, her favorite medium is clay. We totally love her artistic project "Les Plaques", unique pieces with words such as ex-votos, mantras or eternal text messages. Amazing!
CLAUDIO FAMILY BY INDOORS
Let’s discover Indoors, a furniture company founded by Arquitectura-G studio as a result of their interest in small-scale architectural projects. We love their Claudio family collection: Claudio chair, Claudia chiar (Claudio’s reduced version) and a side table. Already turned into a design icon of the XXI century, Claudio chair design starts with the repetition of round arches. This element, usually associated to monumental or stone constructions, is now reinterpreted by being used in small metal pieces. These pieces are produced with podwer-coated steel sheets, so they can be used in the exterior or as urban furniture. Wow!
PETIT GRAIN BY KERZON
Let’s discover Petit Grain by Kerzon a collection inspired by children with a citrus fruit scent : neroli, orange blossom water, bergamot orange and petit grain. Combined with the softness of white musk, its freshness, like a breath on the skin, makes the whole family happy. We love it!
MUNG JI
Let’s discover the beautiful illustrations by Mung Ji. Bright colours, springtime is here!
SARAH ESPEUTE
We discovered Sarah Espeute, a French artist-designer located in Marseille, who explores embroidery in a poetic and minimalist way. She uses two types of embroidery for her creations: traditional handmade embroidery in Marseille and Cornely embroidery on an old manual 19th century machine, in Paris. We love her amazing work!