If it weren’t 9:30pm on a Sunday night I’d be racing to the lumberyard right now. How cool is this? And with as much as my daughter loves picking flowers, I can’t imagine I’m not going to be able to get her excited about building one with me. A designer named Brian Johnson is the brains behind the idea. He sells them on Etsy, but also invites you to do-it-yourself. Seriously, how late is Home Depot open?
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Well, it’s official, we did our first trade show (The NY International Gift Fair) for Wee See. It was a great (albeit grueling) experience. Beyond making amazing connections, a very cool bi-product of participating is that you get to see what everyone else has been up to. We took good notes and will be sharing some of our favorite finds in the coming days. So come on back!
First up, tegu, a beautiful set of wooden blocks that they’ve somehow managed to embed with magnets. You simply can’t make anything unattractive with them. We could’ve spent all day building stuff if we didn’t have to get back to our own booth.
Check out this amazing new pop-up book from Anouck Boisrobert and Louis Rigaud. Available from Amazon.
While on the subject I thought I’d mention something we were recently gifted. Normally we’re opposed to anything with a forced structure when it comes to kids’ creative activities, but this blank pop-up book “kit” is really pretty fun. It’s still a blank canvas, but with a few elevated surfaces on which to unleash their imaginations. Also available from Amazon.
I was both delighted and horrified to learn about this interactive exhibit at MoMA. Delighted because, well, it just seems great. And horrified because we didn’t learn about this in advance so we could have arranged to have Wee See projected on one of the walls! We’re so happy MoMA sells our DVDs, but man, what a missed opportunity. Anyway, looks like a worthwhile activity for the kids if you’re in New York sometime before the end of August.
Incredibly fun packaging, designed by Hasan Partners of Finland. Their site is also really great, check it out.
