It was the main attraction at last year’s Venice Art Biennale : The Clock by Christian Marclay, a spectacular and hypnotic 24-hour art video. In NY this summer; don’t miss it !

Zoe is a world traveler, a pink lover, a daydreamer who wants to be a princess and can not live without her bunny “Pinpin”. Born in NYC from a French/German + a Belgian father, she carries three passports. She loves many things in life, but her dislikes are funny ones :  having water in her eyes, anything green in her plate, socks, sparkling water, spicy food and having to count backwards from 10 to one for school.

Monthly subscription boxes are  in trend. Mostly around food or fashion, they deliver a selection of products to your door, with an element of surprise which is the key of success. New to the market, Little Puggle is targeted to children between 3 and 7 years and offers an exciting box full of high quality arts and craft kits and fun activities. Neat!

This was a good edition of Playtime. I heard quite a few people complaining that children’s fashion is a bit stagnant and repetitive, but I got personally quite enthusiastic about the brands on display.

With a child like Iris at home, we feel we don’t need to go to the theatre or to the circus anymore. She’s a real entertainer and a comic, and we laugh for a whole evening when she starts a show. But her true passion is drawing and she can spend hours with a pencil in hand. It feels very strange to me, the usual interviewer to be part of the game…But it’s fun! Florence/Pirouette

Tiles are eco-friendly and they are versatile : they can be used for a floor or on walls, inside and outside. based in Marrakech, Popham Design has the most beautiful tiles, bringing a modern design sensibility to the tradition of Moroccan cement tiles. Their patterns are all available in any combination of colors from a 70-shade palette, so people can really have fun with them.

Name of the brand : amore di mamma /  Name of the company : amore di mamma GmbH

Date of creation : May 2010 – in Berlin

Country of origin : Germany

Name of the founders :  Yolanda Ng & Verena McNamara

Jewellery designer  Mathilde de Turckheim  will be showing at Playtime Paris (Stand K21) this week end. Her creations are a cool combination of delicate, poetic and playful that can be found in great stores around the planet : Bon Marche, Victoire (Paris), Boucle d’Or (Belgium), Mama Kid (Hong Kong), Storytime (Japan), Yoya, Erica Tanov (USA).

Wade is a kind and helpful big brother to Holden (3) and Pearl (2). A thoughtful creative boy who loves climbing trees and is a talented artist, specializing in quirky little monsters! Mother Anna Roberts is an artist. She illustrated book covers and worked for magazines including Dazed and Confused. She recently began to draw some of the many photographs she’s taken of her own children and she created Out To Play when people started asking her to do commissions of their kids.

While visiting the New Designers show in London last week, I came across Fine Cell Work, a social enterprise that trains prisoners in paid, skilled, creative needlework.

I remember using a similar association in France when I had my company and to highly appreciate the quality f work, while feeling useful, in modest way. I could only encourage brands to explore this network.