I am tempted to get this miniature backpack for one of my daughter’s dolls. And I am totally adding this to my Svpply! Ha! (How adorable are thes product shots?)
Remote Control Spaceman
Sure, the world doesn’t need a Remote Control Spaceman but just think of the fun that can be had with this.
Wood Voice Recorder
This voice recorder made me smile! I would have *loved* one of these as a kid. Hold down the red button to record, press the black button to play back, and dial the knob to adjust the speed/pitch for fun and frivolity. Record time is roughly 30 seconds. Totally wishlisted!
Storage Bag & Play Mat-in-One
Have a kid that loves LEGO? Then this Storage Bag & Play Mat-in-One might be the perfect gift.
H-57
This H-57 Rocket USB stick made me chuckle. Wouldn’t mind having it sit on my desk. Not at all.
UPDATE: I feel horrible about posting this, bad taste in hindsight. My apologies to anyone I might have offended with this post.
(thank you Bekka)
i-Wood
This wooden kids ‘laptop’ i-Wood made me chuckle. I am tempted to get one and use it during a meeting. No better way to poke fun at all the people hiding behind their laptops.
(thank you Larissa)
Airplanes Box Set
This portable wooden airplanes box set is simply beautiful. Oh, the temptation to get one for our little Tilo. #ohm
Toca Hair Salon
Now here’s an iPad Game that made me chuckle: Toca Hair Salon. It let’s your kids step into the shoes of a hairdresser. Cut, color, comb and blow-dry lifelike hair on four different cute characters. Using your fingers you can make any hair style you want! And of course – take a snapshot and save your creations! Quite amusing. I just played with it for 15minutes. Yep. I did.
(via Richard Feigin)
Pluï
Now, here’s a charming new water toy for little ones. Immerse Pluï in water to fill up and then use it to create ‘rain’. The key is how you control the flow of water simply by sealing or opening the top nozzle with the tip of your finger. I can see our little Tilo loving this one. It’s called Pluï and was designed by Swiss Johanna Rickenback and Alex Hochstrasser.
(thank you Ueli)
OLO
OLO is a super minimal touch-screen game that made me look. It is an experiment using latest features of CSS3 and HTML5. OLO has been developed for iPad & iPhone by Sennep, a London based interactive design studio.
You can play the game by visiting ologame.com on your iPad or iPhone (they’re also working on an Android version, soon to be released).
(thank you Tudor)
Take A Letter
Love this Take A Letter toy that let’s you teach letters in 3D!
Plic, Ploc, Wiz App
I just discovered this adorable looking app called Plic Ploc Wiz and will most definitely download it tonight when I get home. It allows your kids to arrange and play with shapes. We shall see if Ella (5/yo) approves!
(via bloesem kids)
GIF Shop
GIF SHOP – How-To from Daniel Savage on Vimeo.
When I started out in the web world, animated GIFs were all the rage. I therefore fully embrace, with a somewhat nostalgic notion, apps like the GIF Shop. It let’s you easily create and edit animated GIFs right from your iPhone. Oh, the fun that will be had with our little Ella!
(thank you Daniel)
Swings: Los Angeles
Swings is public art project by Jeff Waldman. What started last year as a conversation about the simplistic pleasures of swings has launched into a multi-city experiment in unexpected joy and cerebral happiness.
Jeff installed swings in San Francisco, in the Marshall Islands, Panama and across Los Angeles, thanks to a grant from The Awesome Foundation.
It’s a universal message. An appeal to celebrate the passions of our youth, to give in to simplistic urges, but mostly, to remind people of the difference a smile can make in their day and the infectious effect that a smile has on those they encounter.
Visit swingsetting.org to be a part of ther next swings project.
(via curiosity counts)
Woven Gift Toppers
Woven rainbow gift toppers? Yes, please!
Block Type Experiment
Combine wooden blocks and perspective and what you’ll get is a fascinating Block Type Experiment.
(Thank you Maria)
Toilet Paper Owls
These toilet paper owls made me chuckle. What an adorable kids crafty project. I am sure my owl-obsessed studiomate Meagan will approve.
Love What You Do
As if Mailchimp couldn’t make me love them any more, they keep doing it! Check out this Mailchimp Coloring Book drawn by @justinpervorse.
I was lucky enough to receive an actual printed copy of the coloring book and I can’t wait to show it to my daughter! Who wouldn’t want to color in a chimp?
When I thanked Ben, the founder of Mailchimp, he filled me in on why they made them to begin with. Apparently, the marketing team, without Ben’s say, added a small line at the bottom of their site that says “Love What You Do” which some people perceived as Mailchimp’s tagline. I, in fact, have noticed that line and pointed out to several people as I thought sending such a simple powerful message in something trivial as the footer was a fantastic idea.
So, when Ben read someone’s tweet mentioning their ‘tagline’, he was first confused, worried and then maybe a little angry that nobody had talked to him about it. He quickly realized that it was in fact spot on so he pretended to be angry and walked over to his design lab and marketing group. He figured he should get something in return for this ‘rogue action”… He walked in and told them that if they were going to come up with this sorta stuff without consulting with him, they now have to make me a coloring book, called “Love What You Do.”
The design lab staff looked at him in a weird, confused kinda way, but then they smiled and got to work.
And funny enough, they actually had *nothing* to do with this, as Ben found out later. He realized that it most probably was an idea by his UXTeam. So he reached out to Aaron Walter via chat, to clarify the situation:
You can read about it all over on theirMailchimp blog. I can’t help but think that working at Mailchimp must be quite a pleasurable experience.
(enter big smile here)
Do you have a little one? Then you should download the PDF of the coloring book.
Hugo the Wild Boar
Hugo the Wild Boar won my heart.
Cat’s Cradle
I used to play this excessively as a kid. Apparently it’s called Cat’s Cradle in English. (I can’t remember what we used to call it in Swiss-German.) My favorite part of the game always the passing it on to a friend, while continuing to play. Thanks for the flash-back, Mrs. Easton.
