Bianca&Noè is a children's clothing and accessories brand, created by Erika Di Rocco. Its pieces are versatile and timeless, made with high-quality raw materials (such as organic cotton and fabrics derived from plants) and attention to detail, in a sustainable and ethical way. Bianca&Noè works with artisans and small factories. What we love about this brand? Its sartorial, transversal, oversize and in most cases gender-free collections.
Let’s discover it!
CUT-ON COLLECTION BY PABLO DORIGO IN COLLABORATION WITH DAVIDE RONCO
Cut-On collection by Pablo Dorigo and Davide Ronco takes its name and features from the origin of its material, to show how left-overs can turn into a fresh and finished collection of furniture.
They created two chairs. The first enhances details and parts, like bark and big knots, which in the floor production must always be discarded. The second chair, together with the bench and stool of the same family, is the result of a longer study where they wanted to create a more industrial and reproducible product. Wonderful!
DREAM METER BY HEIJLTJESAKKAYA
How do you teach children the value of money in a digital world of payment apps and creditcards? In collaboration with DEPT® for ING, HeijltjesAkkaya designed and developed the Dream Meter to visualise both physical and digital money, and help children to better understand the value of money.
NENALIFE
Nenalife is the new cosmetic line designed by Francesca Rocco, created specifically for the cleansing and cosmetic care of children's skin. Formulated with highly performing ingredients, its products are as simple as a mother's gesture, natural to respect the delicacy of children's skin and reliable due to the attention paid to the dosage of the components. The particularity of this line consists in the careful choice of natural ingredients: Prebiotic Active, derived from chicory root, has the property of regulating the balance of the skin, stimulating its protective microorganisms and preventing redness and irritation; Fucose, an essential sugar contained in mother's milk, plays a fundamental role in the treatment of inflammatory processes and in the immune response. It is also an ultra-moisturizing active ingredient, capable of promoting the skin regeneration process. Let’s discover it!
FELIX THE STOOL BY MIFACTORI
Felix the stool by MiFactori is a design for kids and consists of modular parts that can be creatively reused for playing or for organising the children’s room. Added to our wishlist!
BY THE SEA NORDIC SCHOOL
By the Sea is the bilingual daycare in Jätkäsaari, Helsinki. The keywords of this Nordic School are play, creativity, holistic wellbeing, curiosity, multiculturalism, collaboration, and empowerment. They help prepare children for a world that requires them to be creative, innovative, adaptable and collaborative problem-solvers with excellent communication skills. One ticket to Helsinki please!
Acne JR BY JR–Work–Shop
Acne JR is the toy brand designed and produced by JR–Work–Shop. Their aim is to make traditional iconic toys in a modern way, using sustainable craftsmanship and high quality materials. Love their pieces all!
NIDO FUN FURNITURE
Nido Fun Furniture creates beautiful, functional and durable products for children, which can be used for generations and at the same time have as little impact on the environment as possible.
All its products are non-toxic and made from certified, natural or recyclable materials. Every product is made fairly in Germany, by small workshops with a lot of love. Nido Fun Furniture also supports children who are less privileged: that's why every product sold supports Mon Coeur, an organization that gives children from the townships of South Africa access to education. Wonderful!
LINE BY RAW COLOR
LINE is a new series of rounded pillows developed by Raw Color.
The knitted upholstery textile Planum, with a refined expression and a smooth, soft surface, is applied in varying proportions and in diverse 20 shades colours combinations. LINE comes in three lengths and will be a playful companion on each sofa. Wow!
TAMARA GARCEVIC
Let’s discover together the artworks by Tamara Garcevic.
She facilitates the recognition and communication of our range of emotions through illustrations easy to read, relate and share. What she does? She makes it simple!
We love her, and illustrator of emotions, problems and solutions.
A ROOM FOR ONE MORE BY STUDIO BEN ALLEN
Look at the project A room for one more by Studio Ben Allen for a flat in London’s Barbican Estate.
They work on a solution to convert the existing dining area into a second bedroom by inserting a single architectural element that served as: wall, door, living room storage unit, drop down desk, home office storage, bed, child’s desk and seating area. We love this design solution that is intended to provide a high degree of flexibility to allow the growing family to continue living in a loved but modest sized flat.
Photo credits: French & Tye
MOONCHAIR BY TICKET TO THE MOON
Moonchair by Ticket To The Moon is a vertically hanging portable chair that's easy to setup. This chair looks great hanging in the garden, on the front porch or balcony, but it’s also an excellent indoor-seating option. No matter how you use it, the moonchair will always provide a soothing escape from life's stresses. Built with safety and comfort in mind, it is made with OEKO-TEK®Standart 100 hypoallergenic parachute-silk nylon. Love it!
CUBORO
CUBORO is the marble run system that has been inspiring generations all over the world since 1986. This original Swiss toy challenges children and adults according to their abilities, awakens the joy of experimentation and supports logical thinking. CUBORO stimulates motor skills, creativity and strengthens spatial imagination. You can play alone or in a group.
TATIANA ALIDA DESIGN
Tatiana Alida Design creates unexpected pieces of art and homeware. Their style celebrates the perfectly imperfect through dashes of colour and joyful drawn characters to create designs that are anything but ordinary. We love them!
EMBRACE BY JOHN GREEN
Embrace by John Green is a smart piece of furniture. It naturally forms two low modern tables that are then 'embraced' together in order to form a storage unit / magazine rack / occasional table. It is made in the Baltic region of Europe, each unit is signed, numbered and stamped upon completion. Wow!
MA CABANE À RÊVES
Ma Cabane à Rêves wants to give children fun and educational tools to develop the essential skills that will help them grow. The development of creativity and imagination. With their white magnetic slates children can combine magnets with drawing and writing, creating and recreating all the stories that come to their mind, with no limits. At Ma Cabane à Rêves pay a lot of attention to the combinations of patterns, shapes and colors. We love their products that promote simple, calm and authentic moments of play, which can be done independently or accompanied by a parent for a real moment of learning, exchange and sharing.
INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECT BY DAM IN SAO JOAO DA MADEIRA
Challenged by the Municipality of São João da Madeira in Portugal, the Designers of the DAM brand were invited to develop the Interior Design project for the School. Located in the place called “Fundo de Vila”, now this Kindergarten and Primary School is a setting for a more flexible traditional teaching mode.
The Designers set out to create functional and creative spaces, to promote the well-being of the school community and provoke new models of teaching and learning in Portugal. They started from the School’s geographical proximity to the “Vouga” railway line. Thus, spaces were created to propose the idea of a train journey to the “Back of the Village”. Wow!
THREAD THE WORD BY SARAH FOOT
Thread The Word was founded by Sarah Foot, after many years of working as a textile artist. She creates bespoke embroidered pieces that are commissioned to be given as special gifts for weddings, christenings, anniversaries and more. Where possible she always tries to use reclaimed fabrics: it can be challenging but it adds an extra layer of history to the finished article, as well as being more sustainable for the planet. Let’s have a look at her wonderful portfolio!
CUCKOO DOLLS
Let’s discover Cuckoo Dolls a selection of fascinating textile dolls of peculiar creatures by Marina Glebova, a talented artist and craftswoman based in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
KASPI LAND
Kaspi Land was an idea by Amalfi, during her family trip down to Ecuador in February of 2019 after seeing how talented her relatives down there were, she has to come up with some ideas to help them export their creative and at the same time help them to overcome some economic hardships. It started as a business of wooden based toys for children that foster imagination, learning and are etichally made. Kaspi toys are made with love by talented Ecuadorian hands as they are eco-friendly, natural, bilingual and educational toys that need zero batteries to function, but encourage imaginative, purposeful fun play!