A comprehensive, genre-defining survey of children's product and furniture design from Bauhaus to today
Design for Children, a must-have book for all style-conscious and design-savvy readers, documents the evolution of design for babies, toddlers, and beyond. The book spotlights more than 450 beautiful, creative, stylish, and clever examples of designs created exclusively for kids - from toys, furniture, and tableware, to textiles, lights, and vehicles.
Contemporary superstars and twentieth-century masters, including Philippe Starck, Nendo, Marc Newson, Piero Lissoni, Kengo Kuma, and Marcel Wanders, are showcased.
Kimberlie Birks is a New York-based design writer and editor. Born in Montreal, she studied art history at Brown University and design criticism at the School of Visual Arts, where she wrote a graduate thesis on playground design. Her writing has featured in Dwell, Domus, Metropolis, and Azure.
Title: Design for Children: Play, Ride, Learn, Eat, Create, Sit, Sleep
Author: Birks, Kimberlie
ISBN: 9780714875194
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Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Publication Date: 2018-10-10
Number of Pages: 536
Weight: 2.0606 kg
For older, design-savvy and style-conscious kids or those interested in product, lighting and furniture design. -City Kids
At a time when the market for well-made, innovative objects for children is undergoing a transformative, and global explosion, Design for Children documents the evolution of craftsmanship, exceptional production and modern aesthetics throughout this increasingly important field of design. -AbsolutelyMama.co.uk
Catalogues 450 of the most enduring designs created exclusively for children. -Western Living Magazine
Elegant, radical, fun: Children's toys that even adults will cherish. -CNN Style
Design for Children outlines the history of children's design through seven categories: Play, Ride, Learn, Eat, Create, Sit, and Sleep. By spotlighting more than 450 designs created exclusively for children (toys, furniture, tableware, textiles, lights, vehicles, and more) this book thoroughly explores the benefit of thoughtful child-centric design. -Metropolis Online
A 536-page history lesson on child-oriented design... Preserve[s] the timeless designs of yesteryear and promote[s] the quality ones that still exist today. -Cool Hunting
Gorgeous. -Fortune
[A] vibrant compendium. -Financial Times
Oodles of creations... Should excite design-conscious parents. -Totally Dublin (Ireland)
This book is a perfect reminder of the joy of the season, featuring more than 450 of the most creative and clever designs for kids. With toys dating back nearly a century, the book is bound to bring back childhood memories. -Azure Magazine Online
Everything wonderful designed for kids over the past 100 years, in a book one can't help but wish were a catalog. -Curbed
A delightful encyclopedia of childhood toys and objects that shaped us. Props for including non-Western toys. -Quartz
