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Fadi baby bowl teaches little tots self-feeding

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FADI Learning Tableware for Toddlers

Teaching kids proper table manners begins at home so it is mainly the responsibility of the parents or guardians or whoever is the primary caregiver. Knowing the proper tableware is a good start but what is more important is that children know how to feed themselves. Many will probably agree that knowing how a tool or tableware works is just half the battle because kids need to learn how to self-feed after some time. Allowing a baby or a toddler to feed himself acknowledges his power to make his own choices even at an early age. It’s just food, alright, but the act is good for a child’s development as it also aids in developing hand-and-eye coordination, hand and finger strength, and fine motor skills. This is true in most cases, but it can be observed that there are toddlers having a hard time learning self-control if they are still spoon-fed.

Designer: Jian Lu

FADI Learning Tableware for Kids

Solutions for such a dilemma are available, but everything is not absolute, because what we are offered is only supplemental to what the adults should teach the children. Fadi enters the scene to teach a little person to self-feed while helping the adults and reducing the cleaning time for parents after a messy meal. Of course, toddlers will still be frustrated, but the Fadi tableware is expected to assist both the child in self-feeding and the parent in caring for the little one.

FADI Learning Tableware

FADI Learning Tableware Features

The Fadi baby tableware was recognized at the 2021 Good Design Awards for its thoughtful design, features, and aesthetics. Designed by Jian Lu, the patented learning tableware set is meant to allow a more efficient self-feeding and easier cleanup. A toddler’s utensil set should not be complicated and must be easier to use; however, some styles available in the market are not exactly helpful.

FADI Learning Tableware Advantage

FADI Learning Tableware Benefits

Taiwanese industrial designer Jian Lu understands the need for simple-looking yet functional tableware because feeding a kid is not really easy, so he designed the tableware with efficiency and comfort in mind. The whole set actually includes different pieces: the toddler bowl with a lopsided design and a suction, a standable bent spoon with a curved handle, and a TPU cover. The suction keeps the bowl from slipping, the bent spoon is to make things easier for the toddler to carry food, while the spoon with its bigger handle is for easier grabbing.  The design of the Fadi allows a more enjoyable mealtime experience for everyone, and after a delightful meal, carrying out and washing are also easier.

FADI Learning Tableware Concept

This concept tableware is mainly a baby bowl that can teach the baby to learn to self-feed. The bowl won’t slip or fall off because of the strong suction, so even if the baby wants to release it, the bowl won’t fall. The Fadi tableware offers many other thoughtful functions so every mealtime can be enjoyable for the tiny tot. A happy baby means a happy mommy—so yes, what parent wouldn’t want to have this?

FADI Learning Tableware for Children

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FADI Learning Tableware Design

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Jerome Kids Desk ready with tilt functions and adjustable height

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There are plenty of things to consider when shopping for kids’ furniture. Of course, it’s a special task for the parents, but before items hit the stores, designers are pouring their hearts and minds into every piece.

At the iF Design Awards 2022, we are introduced to dozens to hundreds of product designs meant to achieve a task while combining aesthetics and offering an emotional appeal. The products are expected to be usable, efficient, and delivering several user benefits. In addition, the design should bring an idea to life and offer form and function in the most innovative way.

Designer: Iloom

JEROME Kids Adjustable Desk

Iloom is a Korean brand more popular for kids’ and teens’ furniture. It’s been around for more than two decades now, delivering creative and innovative products that fit the lifestyle of the consumers. Iloom takes pride in making efficient furniture designs that are of good quality and offered at an affordable price.

Iloom has introduced a new kids’ desk with tilt functions and adjustable height. Officially called ‘JEROME,’ this furniture piece has been recognized at the iF Design Awards 2022 under the Babies/Kids category. This item is created for pre-school-aged children, allowing them to sit comfortably with correct posture.

JEROME Kids Desk

As young as they are, preschoolers need to learn how to sit properly. Correct posture must be learned at home before they enter kindergarten. Doing so will help them develop essential habits in studying and sitting.

The Jerome Kids Desk is designed to support kids in different postures according to activities and growth. Its size is very compact, so it fits just right in a kid’s room or a study area. The desk offers an adjustable height, but there is a kid’s lock, so children cannot make the adjustments independently. Only their parents can set the height of the desk and lock the switch.

Iloom JEROME Kids Desk Adjustale Height Table

The edges of the desk are rounded for the kids’ safety. The table’s lines are also smooth to ensure no one would get hurt. This kid-friendly desk has a height adjusting switch with a kid’s lock for safety.

Iloom JEROME Kids Desk Adjustale Height

The JEROME Kids Desk comes with a built-in electrical outlet with a sliding cover for safety. The desk itself can be tilted up to 45-degrees so your kid can use it ergonomically when using a tablet or drawing. On the right of the desk is a hook where you can hang your school bag. The desk encourages children to do the correct posture while working.

Iloom JEROME Kids Desk

JEROME Kids Desk Furniture

Iloom JEROME Kids Adjustable Desk

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MIKU Kids Phone Concept strips the phone down to basic functions

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MIKU Kids Phone

Keep kids away from gadgets as much as possible. That is what many people are saying, but as a parent, I can say some devices are very much helpful. Of course, gadget time must be controlled and parents should ensure the privacy and security of their children. There are plenty of ways to keep kids safe like choosing apps that protect and using smart gadgets–all while keeping them entertained.

There is now a trend to reduce features and functions to just the basics. This is so people won’t be distracted or make things easy for them. The Miku Kids Phone is an ideal solution for families who always want to be connected, giving the parents peace of mind.

Design: Anna Petritsch

MIKU Kids Phone Concept Details

MIKU Kids Phone Product Concept

The phone for kids introduces young children to digital communication. It doesn’t have a screen but can keep the kids reachable whenever they are not with you. It comes with AI (artificial intelligence) so the phone can grow with the children. It allows new voice-based features to be unlocked as the kids grow.

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The Miku is programmable so the whole family can enjoy connecting. You can probably liken it to a walkie-talkie for the kids, but it is smarter with AI this time. The kids phone is available in different colors and looks like a bowling pin with animal ears. It can be a bear (red), elephant (blue), dog (green), or a cat (yellow). On one ear is a handle that looks like a carabiner so you can hang the phone anywhere. The eyes serve as the ear speakers, and the smiling mouth could be the mic.

MIKU Kids Phone Concept Features

MIKU Kids Phone Features

MIKU Kids Phone for the Children

There are three buttons on the body: a circle, a triangle, and a square. You can set the buttons to quickly call whoever in the family—Mommy, Daddy, or Grandparents. We see a USB port and a toggle switch underneath the Miku Kids Phone. The size of the kiddie phone is just right to fit a child’s hand.

MIKU Kids Phone Details

We have seen similar kids’ phones before, like the Novus 3-in-1 Modular Phone and the Relay Smartphone. We’re fans of gadgets for children having little kids of our own. As a parent, I prefer devices and tools that are simple to use and navigate. Less screen time is challenging to achieve, but parents should be more conscious about their kids’ habits. This Miku Phone will be helpful as it only offers the basics.

Concept MIKU Kids Phone

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MIKU Kids Phone Concept

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Bruce Edelstein-trained primary schoolers show off unique and quirky chair designs

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Bruce Edelstein Trinity School New York Students Chair Design Project

Manhattan-based artist Bruce Edelstein started early in expressing himself through art. As the son of two artists, he grew up learning different mediums, forms, and styles. His portfolio includes various sculptures, paper art, figures, and even performances and collaborations.

Bruce Edelstein is also known for his passion for teaching art to children, specifically, sculpture. He has developed a curriculum to teach the kids, which has since succeeded. He has recently introduced a module for the grade three and grade four students of Trinity School in New York. The private school students were lucky to be under the tutelage of Edelstein.

Designers: Grade 3 and 4 Students of Bruce Edelstein at Trinity School

Bruce Edelstein Trinity School New York Students Chair Design Project

A hands-on wooden chair design project was introduced to the students. It was meant to teach the students to express their styles and personalities. This isn’t the first as the artist has been giving the students instruction to build a chair for themselves every year. The project is to create using pinewood planks and go through a process beginning with conceptualization, sketching, scale model building from paper, cutting, nailing wood, and actual decorating.

The Trinity School students made the chairs in autumn 2021. The project was considered special and memorable as kids are still struggling with remote learning due to the threat of the coronavirus. The workshop has been prepared for online learning and this means every step was done from home.

Bruce Edelstein Trinity School New York Students Chair Design Project

The woodworking project resulted in creative and quirky chair designs. It is challenging to figure out the look, but we see one looking like a guitar. Another chair combined some bookshelf for storage while another one is done as a masking tape art.

Bruce Edelstein Trinity School New York Students Chair Design Project Snake Ballet Dancer

One kid designed his chair with a green snake on the back, giving off a fierce look, especially with red and black paint. There’s one chair painted in different shades of blue that reminded us of the ocean. A ballerina inspired its design with one arm in the air and a bent leg in triangular form. It appeared the chair was doing the 1st position or the Plié in ballet.

Bruce Edelstein Trinity School New York Students Chair Design Project

One chair presented a simple white background with what appeared like color splotches. Another had the word LOVE painted on the backrest and the seat. It’s as if telling us love is all you need, so take a seat.

A chair looked like an orange one-eyed monster with dark spots, three horns, and sharp white teeth. There’s another that looked abstract but looked fantastic with the combination of white, purple, blue, and pink. We can see in these creations that the primary schoolers were able to implement what they learned from their artist-teacher, including staining, use of different materials, and being able to be in touch with their feelings while designing.

Bruce Edelstein Trinity School New York Students Chair Design Project

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Silicone finger grips in this snack box ensures your kids can eat without a mess!

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Monchi is a compressible snack box with a silicone lid that comes with integrated finger grips for kids to eat with their hands without making a mess.

There are only two types of people in the world: the ones who lick their fingers after a meal, and the ones who look for the nearest sink. While I fall into the latter category, the urge to eat with my hands is real. Finger foods like cookies and fries have always been a crowd favorite, but they’re messy too.

Monchi, a hygienic silicone-based snack box, developed by A Nus Design Studio features built-in finger grips so you can eat with your hands without the mess.

Tailored for children aged three and up, Monchi is as parent-friendly as it is kid-friendly. Featuring a flexible, silicone lid, the integrated finger grips stretch to fit hands and fingers of all sizes.

Just beneath the silicone lid, Monchi has a leak-proof and airtight food container that holds snack-sized items for kids to enjoy anywhere. From picnics to school lunches, Monchi packs some fun into eating so kids will never skip their veggies.

Once snack time is over, Monchi’s silicone build allows for easy cleanup. Compressible by design, the food container can shrink in size to fit into small storage spaces, even your front pocket.

The finger-grip lid allows users to slip their fingers into each slot, allowing free range of motion to pick up food items inside the container. Constructed from food-grade silicone and polypropylene plastic, Monchi is BPA-free and made from materials that are safe for kids of all ages to be around.

Designer: A Nus Design Studio

Even below the lid, Monchi’s design is fun for kids to play with.

Following an involved ideation process, Monchi reached its final form. 

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This modular furniture system designed for kids is built to be play-friendly!

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My NooK is a modular furniture system designed for kids to use as their own customizable playground, with plenty of modules and colors to choose from.

You don’t have to have kids to know they make a playground of every room in the house. The cushions are boulders, the lampposts are trees, and the floor, of course, is lava. We’ve all been that age when anything goes, no holds barred. Designed by Olivia and Patrick Rudomino, My NooK is an expandable and customizable furniture system that was created to quench the need for play.

Covering the full spectrum of colors and shapes, each module that comprises My NooK comes in practically every color under the sun and any shape you can imagine, from orange slices to tree logs. The beginnings of My NooK formed close to home for the Australian couple. Spurred by their own children’s imagination and creativity during playtime while locked down due to the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, My NooK was created by the Rudominos as a source of endless entertainment for their kids.

Citing the inspiration behind the modular furniture system, the Rudominos note on their website, “Their new play seemed to involve every piece of household furniture, cushion, every pillow, and blanket…This led to a revamp of our living and play area where we trawled the web for a proper solution – something that allowed our children creative freedom, encouraged independent play, and was safe and [cozy] too.”

Hoping to create a modular furniture system that didn’t just take up space in the house, but complemented the living room and opened it up during playtime. Answering the need for outdoor furniture as well as indoor, My NooK is upholstered with water-resistant fabric from Australia’s Warwick Fabrics. Being made from water-resistant material, MyNooK means playtime could flow from the living room to the poolside without the worry of ruining the couch.

Designers: Olivia Rudomino and Patrick Rudomino

The possible configurations of MyNooK are endless.

Water-resistant by design, My NooK could even be taken outside.

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This modular climbing wall system for kids is designed to adapt to your child’s growing needs!

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Endeløs is a modular wall climbing system designed to evolve with your children’s growing needs and hobbies, transforming from a single ladder into a multi-unit storage system.

Kids will find a way to make a jungle gym out of any living room. Entertainment systems transform into boats and couch cushions turn into hopping rocks because the floor is lava. No matter the space, kids will turn it into their very own play place. Inspired by the endless imagination of their own kids, Norway-based KAOS, children and parent-focused goods and furniture brand, created a modular wall system for children to turn into their own climbing wall called Endeløs.

Composed of modular wooden ladders of varying lengths as well as supplementary canvas bookshelves and toy bags, Endeløs is a versatile piece of furniture that evolves with your children’s needs. Consolidated in a flat pack, Endeløs is built from ash wood coated with white pigmented oil, gold brass hardware, and white glass fiber brackets, to ensure easy setup with few materials required for assembly.

When your children are just old enough for climbing (+/- 2 years), Endeløs can mount as a single ladder to any one of your walls. Then, as your children grow, additional ladders can attach to preexisting ladders to enhance the climbing experience and challenge your kid’s physical movement for healthy play. Finally, the canvas bookshelves and toy bags can lock into any step on the ladder system to create a storage space either for your child or the whole family to use depending on the wall ladder’s location.

While traditional climbing walls age out once your kid matures past them, Endeløs is designed to grow alongside your kid’s evolving interests and hobbies. Once the climbing period reaches its final peak, Endeløs functions as another piece of furniture where the whole family can store keepsakes and hang photographs.

Designers: KAOS x Permafrost

Built from ash wood dipped in white pigmented oil, Endeløs uses gold brass hardware and white glass fiber brackets to hold the whole system together. 

Delivered as a flat-pack, Endeløs can be assembled easily from home. 

Bookshelves and modular desk spaces mature the climbing play system into a working storage space. 

Additional ladders can mount alongside each other to create a more dynamic climbing experience. 

As your child grows older, the ladder system can function as its own piece of furniture with an evolved function. 

This modular furniture system can be reconfigured endlessly to keep your kids entertained while you work from home!

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Loop is a modular furniture system that aims to keep your kid entertained while you’re working from home, incorporating a mixed array of play modules and work modules that can be reconfigured endlessly to create the ideal WFH space.

Working from home has tested each of our house’s office efficiency and versatility. Few of us have come out on top–sinking into the couch is great for Netflix, but not Zoom, and mid-meeting snacks end up as a layer of cracker and chips on the carpet. Add kids to the mix and a home renovation project couldn’t come soon enough. But before you completely transform your living room, look to Loop, a modular furniture system with integrated kid-friendly features designed by industrial designer Buse Kaya for parents who need to keep an eye on their kids while working from home.

It always feels like the doctor’s office waiting room has everything to keep your kid entertained, from wooden toy blocks to sheets and sheets of stickers, whereas the magazine rack is there for you to peruse while you sip on your coffee and fill out the paperwork. Loop (stylized as Loop.) is a little bit like that.

From a chalkboard to a bead maze and tactile puzzles, each module that makes up Loop is designed for your child to play with while you work. Considering its modular formation, Loop can be configured in countless different ways. In one space, users can stack each module on top of one another to create a partition and standing desk space, allowing you to work freely while your kid remains entertained and within eyesight.

Alternatively, users can position Loop so that the storage modules bunch together while the play and work modules attach to one another to form a hybrid WFH space. Or, true to its name, Loop can form a circle similar to horseshoe desk formations in grade school so while you work at one module, your kid can play away right in front of you.

Since WFH has sprung into high gear, those of us with kids are reconsidering our home spaces to make sure we’re filling out the correct paperwork while watching our kids and keeping them entertained. Comprised of attachable modules, Loop is a furniture system that can adapt to any living space. Each module comes with its own function and personality, offering an array of different play spaces for your child or children to stay entertained.

Designer: Buse Kaya

Each module that comes with Loop can be broken down to create detached play areas for your kid to bring anywhere they like.

The modules can even function as seats that imitate a rocking horse.

Built with kid-friendly materials, Loop is as playful as it is safe. 

Loop comes with an assembly booklet that guides users through the building process. 

Loop’s final form was ultimately decided following multiple ideations and an involved research period.

This unique joinery toy lets kid connect with nature and utilize their creativity to build engaging structures!

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Connecting with nature as a young kid brings out some of the most imaginative and tactile experiences the world has to offer. Each one of us can think back on afternoons spent blazing through our grandmother’s forested backyard or early morning swims at our favorite beach. While being in nature by itself is an experience that brings out our most creative and peaceful potential, collective global design house Studio 5.5 takes afternoons spent in nature one step further with a new collection called The Things To Make.

Primarily composed of a series of odds and ends that connect different items found in nature together to create items like kites, magnifying glasses, tents, and any other item our imagination allows, The Things To Make is a collection of accessories that help guide creative building processes for little kids. Complete with end sockets, fabric, and string, kids find the rest of the building materials, like twigs, branches, and leaves, in their backyard or nearby forest.

The kite’s building kit comes with end sockets that can connect tree twigs and branches to form a cross that can then be covered with the included kite fabric. Similarly, the 3D shape building kit comes with a collection of end sockets that children can get creative with and connect twigs to form 3D geometric structures like cubes or pyramids. To literally bring kids even closer to nature, Studio 5.5 includes a deconstructed magnifying glass that kids can put together and use sticks for the handle. Studio 5.5 then completes the collection with a tent-building kit, which includes end sockets and a camouflage tarp to be overlaid on top of the tent’s frame, giving kids a nature-made hideout.

Designer: Studio 5.5

The kite building kit comes with a spool and end sockets to make kites from twigs and branches.

Kids can connect two branches together to create a T shape and ultimately a flying kite.

End sockets allow kids to connect twigs together to create shapes.

Kids can also create their own geometric structures using the provided end sockets.

Studio 5.5 also included a magnifying glass for kids to construct together.

To complete the collection, Studio 5.5 devised a tent building kit for kids to escape to when the playtime is done.

The bookshelf integrating seating nooks makes this renovated basement the ideal summer escape!

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As a kid, you either wanna be the one with the coolest basement in school or be friends with the person who has the coolest basement. Manhattan-based architecture and design studio Eisner Design renovated a family’s basement into a private miniature theme park for their kids, complete with adult-only theme parks in the form of a wine bar. The basement in Water Mill, New York is the ideal summertime destination for kids and adults alike, equipped with everything from a wine bar to a rock climbing wall and foam pit.

Eisner Design’s renovation pads the children’s basement playscape with cushioning from the floor to the ceiling to ensure rowdy and safe play. From the bookshelf to the tree swings, the designers at Eisner envisioned kids’ imagination and brought it to life. Stenciled between cubbies and bookshelves, Eisner Design lodged cushioned seats that work as hideouts tucked away from the action for when playtime gets too tiring. One shaped into a perfect circle and the other forming the shape of a lima bean, the new seating nooks offer kids their own midday nap destination, à la mom and dad. Rooted just in front of the seating nooks, a modular, cushioned playground is stationed next to an indoor tree trunk that can be used for climbing or as a base during games of tag.

Beyond the colorful resting nooks and modular playground, the basement once again assumes its minimalist optic white color scheme and introduces the basement’s hammock tree, constructed from a steel, columnar base and cloth seated hammock beds. Then, tucked away in the basement’s corners, an upholstered low-rise wall forms the pool of a foam pit where kids can plummet into after climbing to the top of the basement’s rock climbing wall or hanging from its monkey bars.

Since basements are the spot for sleepovers, Eisner Design equipped it with PlayPlace-approved sleeping accommodations, providing netted bunk beds located next to the basement’s indoor basketball net. Of course, while the kids are playing, adults can enjoy the basement’s integrated wine bar, complete with white Caesarstone countertops where you can enjoy a beverage you couldn’t get at McDonald’s PlayPlace.

Designer: Eisner Design

A modular cushioned playground gives the newly renovated a safe place for kids to get rowdy and escape the heat of the summertime.

Integrated seated nooks provide kids with their own naptime escapes just like mom and dad.

Cushioned window seating create nooks with outdoor views throughout the basement.

A basketball net stationed next to the basement’s netted bunk beds gives the sleeping area a playful touch.

Just beyond the modular playground, a hammock tree, and foam pit bring this basement to the next level.

An integrated wine bar for mom and dad provides the adults with entertainment that McDonald’s can’t.

The rock climbing wall is stationed atop a foam pit for kids to fall into after falling either from the climbing wall or overhead monkey bars.