When it came to Lego starships, friendship bracelets and sandcastles, there was nothing like getting your hands a little dirty and creating daily, back when we were kids. It’s a shame that for so many adults—even for many of us working in creative fields—that the inventive, hands-on spirit is becoming an increasingly rare occurrence. Thankfully, there’s a quick fix: Take a step back from the …
Designers at Sirch/Bitzer create furniture and toys as aesthetically pleasing as they are fun. Their Max Push Car comes straight from southern Germany’s alpine foothills, is constructed from steam-bent ash and is finished with skid-free, silent wheels—so those irritable downstairs neighbors don’t come a-knocking. This timeless toy holds up to any well-designed interior as it fulfills your child’s need to get mobile; You’ll barely have …
London-based toymakers Papafoxtrot create objects you’ll want to hold on to well past childhood. Their spacecraft and satellite models, replicas of the Cygnus, the Geotail and the ORS-1, are each made entirely of wood, the company’s specialty.