Design Peek

Design Peek

Design Peek featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Kuum

This collection of intuitive wooden toy blocks consists of 12 iconic units, each with their own stories. The blocks have been described a "poetry for the playroom". The units can be further disassembled into 36 different unique shapes (202 pieces in total). You can build various objects, both simple and abstract. This toy covers four types of creation: geometric puzzle, 3D-painting, object modeling, and story telling, which stimulate and discover children's potential creativity.

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Edge Dominos

Edge Dominos preserves the traditional number pattern and game play but innovates by reducing the tile design down to only the numbers and walls, with no material wasted. Travel-size and light weight, Edge Dominos works just as well on-the-go as it does around the home. The extruded aluminum structure combined with a strong black anodized finish and laser engraved number pattern ensures a durable design that will last a lifetime. The 28-piece set is entirely made in the USA and is available in a cotton carry bag or display worthy wood box.

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Prevelo Alpha One

The Prevelo Alpha One is a bike for young kids, designed to inspire confidence and built to be the easiest and safest for kids to learn and ride. The bicycle is constructed of lightweight material and features geometry that places the rider closer to the ground, making young riders more confident and agile. The components are lightweight and optimized for children.

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Double Cross

Mr. Pip's Double Cross is a dice game that is also designed to be a sculptural object that users prefer to leave out, serving as a reminder to play. The game is a wild, fast, and hilarious party game, which re-imagines Liar’s Dice, the most popular dice game in the world. The form is made up from 6 cups which come together around a central hub that contains 30 playing dice, Made for 2-6 players. When not in use, the parts collectively form a modern object meant to be left out as decor. The game transcends cultural differences and language barriers to connect people from all backgrounds.

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Kebrick

The Kebrick design team redefines beach and snow toys, analyzing how they have adapted to the users' needs. After an indepth research and talks with parents and experts, the team concentrated on designing a toy that would boost children's (ages 4 - 6) creativity. The design focuses on their psychomotricity needs and intellectual challenges. Kebrick comes unassembled. Kids create different shapes by interconnecting the pieces. Once they build the desired shape, they just fill in the resulting mold with damp sand or snow and slide it up to reveal the finished shape in the sand or snow.

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Pilo Mini

Pilo Mini redefines pillows in terms of shape and function. It is co-designed by biomedical engineers and industrial designers. It has the shape of a rock, but is soft like a feather. Based on ergonomics data, the low-poly structure outlines a suitable curve to fit children's body shape. Pilo Mini has sound units integrated seamlessly in the memory foam core. They work without external power source and create a gently whispering sound field, which is adjusted for all bands of audio signals. Children can use Pilo Mini to enjoy bedtime story or music via any player with audio interface.

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