April 6, 2010
Easter bunny
Julie Klear Essakalli, designer of Zid zid Kids, is also an illustrator. I featured the book The Butter Man on Bubble news and trends last year, after the book she illustrated won the Children's Africana Book Award. I just discovered that Julie has an…
March 16, 2010
Shoebox art auction and exhibition
In support of Kids Company’s work with vulnerable children and with the help of the Bryan Adams Foundation, forty leading contemporary artist have created a room from their childhood inside a shoebox. The forty pieces will be sold through a…
March 5, 2010
Tower of owls
Lisa Grue's solo show "Owls have more fun" opened last Thursday at Gallery Hanahou in New York. The gallery transformed into a graphic woodland of oversize proportion with an owl tower over visitors on the wall and spread out on a large rug. A must see if…
January 28, 2010
Design bible
This is such a beautiful book by author Carole Daprey Carole has a passion for children’s vintage furniture and the history behind it. She uses her blog as a filing cabinet for her inspirational finds and ideas: “A drawer for this, a drawer serving as a place to store every…