Logo Impressions by a 5-year-old
2nd February 2012
This video by identity designer Adam Ladd is amazing. He asked his 5 year old what she thought about the logos he showed her.
Have you ever looked at the Olympic logo as though it were a baby’s toy? Now you will.
Gorgeous and insightful.
(via swiss-miss)
CommentBalloon Light
18th January 2012
I love this Balloon Light by lighting company Estiluz. Happiness in a light.
The Firefly
18th January 2012
2 days after my gorgeous little nephew Maddox was born last month, he had to go back into the hospital to have phototherapy treatment for jaundice.
Apparently this is quite a common problem with newborns, so I was really happy to read about The Firefly this morning – the first low cost phototherapy treatment device being used to treat babies in rural communities in South East Asia. Developed by a Massachusetts company Design that Matters, their mission is “…to create products that improve the services of social enterprises in developing countries.”
Read more about Design that Matters here.
(via YankoDesign)
The Right Year for Children
17th January 2012
Last month I was lucky to be able to work with my friends over at PhotoVoice (and Action For Children) to help them design and build an online site and resource booklet to launch Rights! Cameras! Action! - a project that uses photography and video to explore young people’s views on children’s rights.
2012 is The Right Year for Children (RY4C) and aims to develop and strengthen children’s rights and awareness in the UK. Launched on December 16th to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the signing of the UK’s United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the project is being introduced into UK schools this year to help kids learn about the right’s they’re entitled to.
Any project that uses photography as a way to express yourself is awesome in my opinion and Rights! Cameras! Action! is super interesting and well worth checking out.
Wooden Finger Puppets
12th January 2012
Never in my life have I seen wooden fingers puppets! I thought these ones from Muji were lovely.
Tattly™
16th December 2011
Tattly™ is the super cool ‘Designy Temporary Tattoo’ shop started up by the always inspiring SwissMiss.
I’ve just bought these 3 beauties for my awesome little cousin Alex. He’s 5 and lives in Australia. I can imagine him rocking it out on his first day of school with a robot tattoo and a late watch. Cool!
Pin Pres
9th December 2011
How amazingly awesome is Pin Pres? It’s like a massive 3D Pin Art Board!
I can’t find out if it’s actually in production yet, but I think it was designed by a company called Ros Group based in Spain.
(via DesignMilk)
Paper Punks
7th December 2011
This awesome little dude is brought to you by PaperPunks “…a creativity tool thatʼs as much an art form as it is a toy.” No scissors or glue required!
Zoom Zoo
30th November 2011
These awesome illustrated Zoom Zoo cards are by Mike Yamada, a designer at Dreamworks and like they mentioned on Not Cot, completely reminiscent of Richard Scarry’s story books! We used to have heaps of them when we were kids.
It’s cool to think that the kids of tomorrow will have something other than iPad games to keep them busy.
(via NotCot)
Not For Parents: The Travel Book
28th November 2011
We’ve bought loads of Lonely Planet books over the years and they’ve always been amazing in helping us on our travels, however in the Not for Parents: The Travel Book you won’t find bus schedules, advice on restaurants to try or be able to work out which hostel has a better bar.
Written especially for kids aged 8 – 11, it features weird and wonderful foods, strange historical facts, cool stories and tonnes of information to get those little creative juices flowing. Every country has a whole page dedicated to it and I can’t think of a more awesome way to teach kids about travelling and the world we live in.
Monster Tattoos
25th November 2011
Hooray for tattoos that look like Monsters and Animals! Bedtime stories just got WAY more exciting!
lil’sprout is LIVE
17th November 2011
lil’sprout is live and growing kids!
Last year my brother came to me with the idea of starting up a company to sell kids clothes, with a focus on colourful, fun graphics. Almost a year to the day our lil’ old shop is live! Our first collection Weather Kids, featuring babygrows and tees is now available to buy! Hooray!
I’m super proud of us. My brother is the brains behind the business, his wife is the creative director and I get to design awesome branding, logos and fun graphics for kids. Perfect!
Check out the lil’sprout store here and any comments or suggestions are most welcome.
