Italian designer, animator and director Lucas Zanotto has created a short film for PLANK using the company’s furniture as props in a sequence of playful trick shots. The film is shot in a simple studio to focus attention on the furniture’s timeless, iconic forms and functional qualities. We love both film and design pieces!
KARUP DESIGN
Karup Design is all about living: multifunctionality is its hallmark. let’s discover its futon and the other products!
LEPEL CLUB
Lepel Club’s mission is to create the world’s most cheerful spoons, to start the day with a smile through its spoons. The reason behind the name? Lepel stands for spoon in Dutch. Lovely!
LEKKID
Lekkid is a project born in Barcelona to create pieces for developing children’s creativity.
Let’s discover their products: innovative designs and beautiful shapes!
MINNA
MINNA creates beautiful and functional tableware that kids and parents can both enjoy.
Simple, but playful silicone designs - with bubbly shapes - that make mealtime fun for little ones.
Each Minna set is packaged in a reusable bag that can be used for snacks, toys or treasures. All their products are 100% Silicone as it is non-toxic and resistant to heat and cold temperatures, BPA, lead, cadmium and phthalate free. Wonderful!
MiNiMONO
MiNiMONO are Julieta and Dirk, a multicultural couple based in Berlin. They developed this project during the first covid lockdown, deciding to turn plastic into life-lasting furniture objects, easy to clean, beautiful to see and could be used and loved by both adults and children. Amazing!
Photo credits: Briony Ridley
"1, VICEVERSA" BY MATITA EDIZIONI
We are proud to announce the release of 1, with the subtitle Viceversa, by the new independent publishing house Matita. The first numbered silent book will be on sale from 12 June 2023.
1, Viceversa, is curated by AMArchitectrue studio by Stefania Agostini and Luca Mostarda and illustrated by the French artist Catherine Cordasco.
1 is the lived story from the point of view of a child (without showing his face) who grows up through eleven memorable scenes of everyday life from the 1980s until 2020, once he has become an adult. Years have passed and the protagonist has become a parent himself. The point of view is always unique, the child who has grown up, and his hands getting bigger.
Let’s discover 1, Viceversa book!
HAPPY FRENCH GANG
Sandra Dejanovic launched Happy French Gang in 2013: handmade products, using materials that are comfortable, beautiful and friendly to the environment. Each product is a work of art, unique, hand-dyed and hand-stitched, ready to add sunshine into every room, wardrobe and life.
MASAMI AKATSUKA
Look at the handmade Cocon creations by Masami Akatsuka, stylist, designer and applied artiste. So poetical!
We are totally in love!
PANISA
Panisa Objects aims to create products that are playful, poetic, and functional. She does not only create things in her wooden toy factory, Panisa also loves to explore the landscape of craftsmanship, as well as curating and collecting objects and stories from small disappearing communities of ‘makers’ in Thailand. We totally love it!
THE ANALYST PLAY KIT BY LOVEVERY
Challenge your (almost) four-year-old to use precise fine motor skills, solve new sensory and STEM puzzles, and cook with fractions—all with fun, hands-on play. Let’s discover the Analyst Play Kit by Lovevery!
PAPER CHARACTERS BY LEX POTT
After Lex Pott experimented with paper it is time to welcome Paper Characters: a family of faces. Wow!
OKU BY KATHLEEN REILLY
Influenced by traditional Japanese place setting and arrangement, Oku, a new knife design carefully produced in collaboration with highly skilled craftsmen in Tsubame City (Japan), has a unique folded handle that elevates its function, allowing it to interact with objects on the table in new ways. Oku's innovative form utilises generations-old manufacturing techniques and promotes locally sourced materials and craft skills to challenge centuries-old traditions of Western tableware. Go Kathleen Reilly!
LOPSIDED DINING TABLE BY ANNA VAN ECK
Having lost it’s original function the dining table transforms into a sculpture that is questioning the importance of stability of everyday life. Look at the Lopsided dining table by Anna Van Eck: the four legs of a conventional table have been replaced in order to call for attention. While sitting at the table the legs of the two persons are becoming part of the construction and stabilise the table again - a new dining experience that invites to rethink the usual. Wow!
BIANCA&NOE'
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!