The Tokyo baby cafe opened in the up market Omotesando area of Tokyo earlier this year. I decided to check it out on a recent visit to the city. I love the playhouse shaped entrance into the cafe.
Once inside the decor is minimal it feels like you are in a modern day Alice in Wonderland set. There is a gigantic sofa serving as an enclosed play area, a central cafe area, and, for those wanting privacy, a separate dining room is available, which comes complete with a big brother style CCTV screen built into the wall so parents can keep a close eye on their children.
The interior plays with scale and perspective; using the difference in size between the adults and children to create a whimsical interior.
Designer Nendo explains, "You can see the world through two different users. Adults live their lives aware of tabletops, and the things placed on top of them. But children see the table's underside. A table's legs can look like pillars, and the reverse of the tabletop is like a roof". The cafe's 'absolutely huge' and 'absolutely tiny' furnishings take advantage of these two perspectives.
Sunday, 31 October 2010
Monday, 25 October 2010
Judith Needham dreaming spires playhouse
Fairy tale like Dreaming Spires Willow playhouse by Judith Needham made from natural English willow so at the end of its life, rather than needing to go into landfill, it can simply be recycled in your own garden.
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Junior Magazine November issue featuring Molly-Meg
1970's Casalino chair from Molly-Meg is featured in the current November issue of Junior magazine. Click here to see more press
Monday, 18 October 2010
Trish Grantham paintings for Molly-Meg
Artist Trish grantham has painted some lovely pictures especially for Molly-Meg. Click on the name of each artwork to take you to each painting in the shop
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| A Glorious Day |
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| Sweet dreams |
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| Share the love |
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| French sailor and the chick |
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| Away at sea |
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| Bunnies with a Tweet |
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| Nesting |
Sunday, 17 October 2010
Muji's flat pack customised child's chair
I love this cardboard child's chair by Muji made from recycled paper. The chair comes flat packed with the idea that children and parents can build it together. The plain white and brown card serves as a blank canvas for imaginative decoration. Unfortunately it is only available in Japan.
Consumers have uploaded their own designs on to Muji's online gallery
Consumers have uploaded their own designs on to Muji's online gallery
Muji recently hosted a special event showcasing a range of uniquely customised kids chairs. It was held at the Yurakucho branch Muji's largest Tokyo store. 50 Japanese and overseas creators were asked to decorate their own chair.
Saturday, 16 October 2010
Dream seat compeition winners
These are the masterpieces created by the winners of the dream seat competition we held in conjunction with the V&A Museum of Childhood. There were so many brilliant designs to choose from it was a very tough decision. We chose the beautiful drawings below based on the imagination and thought that each child had obviously put in. I hope you like them as much as we did.
Age 9-11
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| The Hermes hover chair by Mai Smith |
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| The Flower fitness fantasy chair by Juliet Dowley |
Age 7-8
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| The Shoe chair by Lois Rose |
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| The Royal reading chair by Katie Evans |
Age 5-6
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| The Lick it chair by Caris Wang |
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| The Plywood and bamboo chair by Jake Virgili |
Prizes
Friday, 15 October 2010
New finds- Vintage children's chairs from Molly-Meg
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| French wood and metal vintage child's chair. More details here |
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| Bent wood and metal vintage child’s chair with Alvar Alto style curves. More details here |
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| Original "Krueger" early 1960s sunny yellow molded fiberglass children's chair. More details here |
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| Junior packholz chair. 1970's child's chair From the Netherlands More details here |
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| Cream Cosco adjustable booster seat. American classic from the early 1970s. More details here |
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| Cosco adjustable booster seat , early 1970s Original American atomic style-classic of the era. Email info@molly-meg.co.uk for more details |
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Monday, 11 October 2010
Renate Müller Exhibition opens this week

Renate Müller's exhibition opens today at R 20th Century, featuring rare vintage and exclusive contemporary designs by the pioneering German toy maker. Renate Müller will be in attendance at the exhibition opening and will lead hands-on demonstrations at a special Family Day on Saturday, October 16.
Conceived in the early 1960s during her student days at the Polytechnic for Toy Design in Sonneberg, Germany, Renate Müller's exceptional, uniquely whimsical toy animals and shapes have been designed and hand-made in exactly the same way since 1967 and hotly collected by design enthusiasts for years.
There is a great feature on Müller 's work in the New York Times and Daddy types features examples of her work designing play and learning spaces over the years
Exhibition dates: October 12, 2010 - January 4, 2011
Exhibition dates: October 12, 2010 - January 4, 2011
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Molly-Meg Window display at Verandah Kensal Rise (Come visit October 2010)
Friday, 1 October 2010
Going mini
Dream BIG by Little Red Stuga
Little Red Stuga have collaborated with Lekolar a supplier of interiors to schools across Scandinavia. Together they have produced the Dream BIG giant play mat which is available this month. Little Red Stuga have also started a blog big play. The sunflower smaller play mats remain my favorite they neatly fold up for easy storage. Available in 3 colours from Molly-Meg .
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