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Airbnb creates life-size Polly Pocket house in Massachusetts

August 8, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

As part of its ongoing Icons series, Airbnb has created a life-size rental version of a Polly Pocket compact toy, which includes mock-up versions of clothing and oversized furniture. Located in Littleton, Massachusetts the rental was created to resemble a full-scale version of a Mattel Polly Pocket toy, a series of small plastic compacts that

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Barbie exhibition aims to show toy is “worthy proposition from a design point of view”

July 5, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

The Barbie dolls and Dreamhouses featured in Barbie: The Exhibition at London’s Design Museum reflect shifts in visual culture over the famed toy’s 65 years. With over 250 objects on display, Barbie: The Exhibition opens today and examines the history of the doll since it was created by Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler in 1959. According

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Wallmakers wraps Indian home with perforated walls made with discarded toys

April 5, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio Wallmakers has repurposed approximately 6,200 discarded toys to construct the walls of Toy Storey, a circular home in Kerala, India. The aptly named residence by Wallmakers uses toys discarded in the area, which are unsuitable for recycling, as structural components and decoration within the external walls. “The main concept of Toy Storey revolves

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Wallmakers wraps Indian home with perforated walls made with discarded toys

April 5, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio Wallmakers has repurposed approximately 6,200 discarded toys to construct the walls of Toy Storey, a circular home in Kerala, India. The aptly named residence by Wallmakers uses toys discarded in the area, which are unsuitable for recycling, as structural components and decoration within the external walls. “The main concept of Toy Storey revolves

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Six Barbie Dreamhouses that chart the evolution of the American home

February 22, 2023 Jennifer Hahn 0

Toymaker Mattel and architecture magazine Pin-Up have released a book celebrating Barbie’s Dreamhouse to mark its 60th anniversary. Here, the editors pick six emblematic examples that show how the dollhouse has evolved. The monograph, which the publishers say is “the first architectural survey of the world’s best-selling dollhouse”, features glossy images of the houses captured by fashion

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R for Repair London exhibition features “sympathetic” repairs to sentimental objects

September 20, 2022 Jane Englefield 0
R for Repair

A rattan cast created to protect the damaged wing of a toy puffin and a fractured plate held together with steel staples feature in R for Repair, an exhibition of repaired objects presented at the V&A museum as part of London Design Festival. Curated by Jane Withers and Hans Tan, the exhibition is the second

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Six whimsical midcentury designs featured in Denver’s Serious Play exhibition

June 25, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0
Serious Play at Denver Art Museum by Darrin Alfred

An exhibition at the Denver Art Museum showcases over 200 pieces with a playful spirit that were created by US-based industrial and graphic designers in the 1950s and ’60s. Curator Darrin Alfred selects his highlights. The show, Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America, presents furniture, textiles, posters, toys and other pieces created in the postwar

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Hyggelig Designs Two New Modern Children’s Rockers, The Mountain And The Banana

March 20, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Foto-Show   Polish design studio Hyggelig, have created a pair of children’s rockers named ‘The Mountain’ and ‘The Banana’, that were inspired by what they’re named after. When designing the pieces, Hyggelig says, “We highly value good interior design therefore we wanted to create a product which doesn’t ruin stylish look of your living […]