PCM Design at Playtime Paris 2015

These boldly coloured and minimal puppet toys looked fresh and modern at Playtime Paris. Sculptural, lightweight and soft to the touch, these little creatures are made from neoprene, so can be easily washed and can go in the bath too!

Policosmos Families are designed by Italian designer Eleonora Castellarin and Mexican designer Moisés Hernàndez for Spanish product design company PCM Design. 

Policosmos Families PCM Design

Policosmos Families PCM Design

The Policosmos pop-up habitat adds an interactive play space for the animals and an opportunity for children's imagination to run wild! Created by Spanish designer Karen Mazo-Madrazo.

Policosmos Pop-up PCM Design

Policosmos Pop-up PCM Design

PCM Design was founded by architect Paloma Cañizares and showcases the talent of young designers from the best design schools in Spain.  The edit of imaginative projects on the website blends contemporary industrial design with Spain's artisan history. For more products, take a look at PCM Design.

Animation: Moomins on the Riviera

The Moomins on the Riviera feature film finally made it to our local independent cinema, and with almost the entire screen room to ourselves one Saturday morning, my family and I were entranced.

It captures the gentle, mischievous characters of the Moomin family in an adventure to the French Riviera. The hand drawn, two-dimensional animation technique was inspired by the original comic strip design and artworked by designers in Helsinki and Paris, then animated in Asia.

 A wonderful inspiration for colour palette and whimsical, laid-back charm, and a complete antidote to the usual CGI-animated blockbusters. I loved the way Moominmamma kept the dirty dishes under the sofa for a rainy day....

Moomins on the Riviera, directed by Finnish Hanna Hemila French Xavier Picard

Moomins on the Riviera, directed by Finnish Hanna Hemila French Xavier Picard

Moomins on the Riviera, directed by Finnish Hanna Hemila French Xavier Picard

Lulu & Nat bed linen

I took a short break from the blog but I'm feeling inspired again . . . . . 

This gorgeous bunny rabbit bed linen from Lulu & Nat always cheers me up when it's time to read a bedtime story to my youngest daughter. The block printed rabbit motif in neon tones of geranium pink and tangerine really pops. 

Fantastic salad greens in Lulu's  dinosaur set too.

lulu & nat

lulu & nat