Toys
Latest STEM learning kits for kids combine technology and play dough
Kartell adds to children’s line with ultra-minimal Villa doll’s houses
Nimuno Loops tape lets you build Lego on almost anything
Robbrecht en Daem designs sombre-coloured puppet theatre influenced by fairytale castles
Interlocking Boulding Blocks offer “limitless possibilities” for construction
Children’s products are a “huge market” for design brands
German students design accessories to help children relate to robots
Trunki loses design rights battle against “rip-off” Kiddee
Arndt Schlaudraff recreates Brutalist buildings in Lego for Instagram
Barbie redesigned to include more body types and skin tones
Lego introduces Skyline building kits for recreating cityscapes
Kengo Kuma’s Tsumiki building blocks can be arranged to create original sculptures
Marni reinterprets childhood toys for colourful Playland installation
Thórunn Árnadottir creates interactive toys using traditional Icelandic materials
Lego unveils Boost kit to help children learn coding
Competition: five copies of a children’s origami book to be won
Front designs bent-wood rocking horse for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna
Nendo designs transparent plastic rocking horse for Kartell
Cubetto is a wooden robot designed to teach toddlers how to code
David Weeks’ folding wooden Cubebot toy “has a life of its own” on Instagram
“Toys have become small plastic tablets of moral code that we hand down to the next generation”
Snego building blocks are made using salvaged wood and natural dyes
Competition: five Arckit reusable architectural modelling sets to be won
