Mother and Child cabinet is the A&A duo's most ambitious project to date, requiring over 16,000 individual ribbons of straw. As white straw is difficult to achieve through dying, it is never seen traditionally in straw marquetry. Mother and Child cabinet explores curious sculptural forms and their intersection, intentionally blurs the line of art, craftsmanship and design allowing the emergence of something unexpected. Let’s discover it together…
BAVVIC
Bavvic came up with the idea to create a wooden toy out of the windows production waste.
It is designed by an architect in Switzerland and manufactured in Poland. Everything is sourced locally, with very high quality and attention to detail. Bavvic supports the local community, with a big heart we employ war refugees from Ukraine to help them build a new life in Poland.
TINK THINGS
Tink Things’s chairs allow children to move even during sitting activities, which is crucial for real learning and brain development. These chairs are calming, promote emotional regulation and are very, very fun.
MODU
MODU is a Copenhagen-based team of designers, dreamers and doers who create playful & sustainable toys that meet the growing need for motor skills. MODU develops a toy that is always available for spontaneous co-play with all family members involved — and it works across ages, genders and cultures. Let’s discover it.
LA LITERAL BY SELLEX
La literal by Sellex is a folding bunkbed, double or single, fixed to the wall, suitable for Students residences, hospitals, hotels. This programme meets with a solution when the lack of space can be a problem. We totally love it!
MONET-MITCHELL EXHIBITION @ FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON
The exhibition Monet - Mitchell at Fondation Luis Vuitton create an unprecendented "dialogue" between the works of two exceptional artists, Claude Monet (1840-1926) and Joan Mitchell (1925-1992). "The dialogue Claude Monet - Joan Mitchell" will be introduce by the "Joan Mitchell Retrospective", enabling the public in France and Europe to discover her work. The "Monet - Mitchell" exhibitions present each artist’s unique response to a shared landscape, which they illustrate in a particularly immersive and sensual manner. Through some 60 emblematic works by both artists, the exhibition offers the public an enchanting and immersive journey, emphasised by striking visual and thematic parallels.
"ISLAND OF FOAM" BY STEPHANIE LUENING AT FELIPE PANTONE'S "QUICK TIDE" @ GREENWICH PENINSULA
Look at this mountains of rainbow coloured foam by German artist Stephanie Lüning that dialogued with Quick Tide project by Argentinian-Spanish artist Felipe Pantone at Greenwich Peninsula in London.
A colourful explosion!
Photos credit: David Levene
PETIT ARC-EN-CIEL BY MATALI CRASSET
Matali Crasset’s objects offer us to operate the "return to childhood". A childhood that is not linked to age, but rather a place of true experience once again possible. A sort of "childhood of man". The Arc-en-ciel project is a children's furniture program manufacured by Arbor'Ethique for Mica that consists of a table and two chair models in their simplest form. A stick shape constitutes the backbone of the furniture: it becomes the alphabet as well as the principle of construction: foot or back. A quarter round that avoids any protruding side. The whole is made of solid wood. The chairs are offered in a polychromatic version with natural stain, two-tone orange and yellow and with a harmony of three shades yellow, orange, green. Love it!
Photos credit: Bruno Astorg, galerie Mica.
"OLAFUR ELIASSON: NEL TUO TEMPO" @ FONDAZIONE PALAZZO STROZZI
Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi presents Olafur Eliasson: In your time, the largest exhibition ever held in Italy dedicated to one of the most original and visionary contemporary artists of our time. Famous for immersive installations that focus on the visitor, Olafur Eliasson invites us to reflect on the idea of shared and relational experience of reality. Curated by Arturo Galansino, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi General Director, the exhibition is the result of Olafur Eliasson's direct work on the Palazzo Strozzi’s spaces. The artist works on all Renaissance environments creating an engaging path between new installations and historical works that use elements such as color, water and light to create an interaction with our senses and the space. The exhibition is held in conjunction with the presentation of a new site specific installation by the artist for the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art which will be open to the public from 3 November 2022.
Photos Credit: Ela Bialkowska OKNO studio
MUMADE
Mumade is the contraction of the words Mum and nomad. It’s mission is to show that breastfeeding is not synonymous with discomfort but on the contrary, mums are still able to move, enjoy and have a social life. Its accessories, designed in Biarritz and manufactured in Portugal, are an alternative to classic pregnancy pillows: pretty, ergonomic and really practical.
The selected fabrics are Oeko-tex certified and the inflatable interior is made of PVC, everything guaranteed to be free of toxic substances to health and the environment.
ETNOO
Etnoo is a brand that honors the skin, its many colors and types. Its formulas have been developed to fit skin of any ethnic origin. For Every Body. All its products are gender neutral and suited to the entire family. Let’s discover it together!
!!! Enjoy the Promo Code (25% off) "UNDUETRESTELLA" until the 1st of November 2022 on their webshop !!!!
SOLJUBLOMA BY GUDRUN & GUDRUN
Look at Sóljublóma the unisex bodystocking 100% organic wool by Gudrun & Gudrun ideal for layering underneath outfits or as nightwear. A versatile and useful addition to baby's wardrobe, it will keep your little darling warm and look smart whether you team it with trousers or a skirt.
BY ASTRUP
BY ASTRUP is a Danish brand with a passion for creating unique, creative, high-quality products for a Nordic-style children’s universe. All its products are created with love and care. Look at its wooden ones, aren’t they funny?
TOTOTE
Adrien Lippmann created TOTOTE, a made in France brand that offer to parents eco-designed,eco-responsible and socially committed products for their children.
It essential and timeless collection is a range, unique in the world, of 100% natural pacifiers, made of solid wood and natural rubber. Let’s discover all the pieces together!
MOMENTIX MOTIONKIT
Anna and Alana, Former Physics and Design students, are the creators of the Momentix motionKit: the toy that lets you turn anything into a chain reaction machine.
22 wooden pieces, 30 cards to make 1000 combinations, and an online progression of increasingly difficult challenges strike the perfect balance between structure and freedom to keep anyone from 5 year old to teenage tinkerer, the whole family, or maybe even the dog engaged.
Let’s support their mission on Kickstarter!
ATELIER PAOLO
Atelier Paolo is Guillaume, textile designer who works in Toulouse.
He makes fluffy rugs and play on textures using an artisanal technique which consists of inserting wool on a stretched canvas using a tufting machine. We love his dreamlike illustrations!
ARRAY
ARRAY is a collection by David Derksen of decorative and functional lighting. Each fixture has been designed and developed with dedication and produced in the studio in Rotterdam or at local partners. ARRAY started from the passion for lighting design and the long-held wish to bring a personal and uncompromising lighting collection to the market. We discovered them at last Milano Design Week at Alcova!
TILDE GRYNNERUP
Tilde Grynnerup, based in Copenhagen, is a multidisciplinary artist working across different medias such as textile, wood, installation, conceptual, photography, film. Her artworks usually aim to communicate a thought or a feeling. We love her “Heart” work, let’s have a look at it, wonderful and strong!
NACHMANS
Look at Nachmans: handmade fabric, covered boxes & handpicked items.
We love these pacifier holders!
KRAKRA
KRAKRA is a young cosmetics brand based in Bordeaux, France, that manufacture in an artisanal way (and in small batches) solid soaps & skin care products inspired by ancient beauty rituals.
All their recipes are of 100% natural origin recipes and certified organic ingredients. Their products are guaranteed free of palm oil, synthetic detergents, artificial colors, parabens, sulphates or animal products. They have been formulated to meet the specific needs of different skin types: sensitive skin, dull skin, combination skin, problem skin, and very dry skin. Let’s discover KRAKRA!