You may know furniture designer Erich Dieckmann from such carpentry workshops as the Bauhaus and the Staatliche Bauhochschule in Weimar. Which covers the 1920s, the time frame attributed to this little painted pine kid's chair. It has that Dieckmann...
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July 2010 Archives
July 31, 2010
Erich Dieckmann Ur-Bauhaus Kinderstuhl
July 30, 2010
Pedal Beach Concours d'Awesomeness
It's been a while since we've had a good, old-fashioned pedal car auction insanity post around here. Fortunately, DT reader and carthority DT found MidAmerica Auction's upcoming Pebble Beach sale, which has enough rarities to fill a mini 8-car garage....
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July 29, 2010
Little Red Riding Hood, The Operetta
In 1930, the Delta District school in Delta, Utah presented "Little Red Riding Hood" in operetta form. That's my grandmother Lora, the bee on the top left right, ith the 'X'. These stories and more are coming up this...
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July 28, 2010
Leon Meyer Rocking Chair Is Patented, Awesome
What a beautiful rocking chair, architect Leon Meyer! It makes me want to fold it right up and slide it away somewhere. This sweet chair looks like it can fold, but alas, it cannot, if only because Objects USA...
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Don't Bring A Penis To An Obstetrician Fight
No one becomes an obstetrician so they can interact with more men. So what do four of the whiniest OB's imaginable really think about dads in the delivery room? Thanks to the lack of nametags at Esquire's open bar, now...
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The One Cent Street Store
Sorry for the light posting around here; we've been busy getting ready for the grand opening of the One Cent Street Store. On the kid's first official day in the business world, she has already learned some important lessons:...
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July 26, 2010
We Believe That Bad Children's Book Titles Are Our Future
In 1998, as part of a weekly Style section Invitational contest, the Washington Post put out a call for bad ideas for a children's book. The 21 winners were published online, though since six of the finalists came from two...
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United Vs. Small Children, Round 2
Short version: we finally made it to Salt Lake City from Washington DC yesterday, via San Francisco. Naturally, everyone we spoke to along the way thought it was/we were insane to go that way, we had a hard time disagreeing....
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July 24, 2010
United And Delta Ruined Pioneer Day
July 24th is Pioneer Day, the Utah state holiday commemorating the arrival of Mormon pioneers in the Salt Lake Valley. A typical celebration involves a parade of fire trucks and homemade floats pulled by ATV, with EMS workers and be-bonneted...
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July 23, 2010
German Kinderauktionen Round-Up
Seriously, if you're anything like me, you'd think Munich's OG delights began with McRibs and ended with fried, bubbly apple pies at the McDonald's in front of the airport. Turns out there's an awesome design auction house at every...
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Closed Saturdays
hahahahahaha via @museumnerd's Twitter: Only rarely does a @newyorker cartoon actually make me laugh with surprise like this one did....
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Breitschwerdt Pferd: Some '70s German Non-Rocking Horse
Maybe this Breitschwerdt rocking horse from the 70s is in such good condition because no one ever played with it. I'll go ahead and assume that it rock-steps forward, otherwise I can't account for it. Breitschwerdt was supposedly a...
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Uh, No: BRIO Taureau
Wow. Maybe it'll grow on me. Maybe I can paint it brown and turn it into the rocking Jawa transporter I always wanted as a boy. Or maybe, holy crap, what happened? And how much does BRIO pay you...
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July 22, 2010
BRIO Rocking Ox On The Block
It was listed at Wright 20 as "American c.1965," with a no-reserve estimate of just $100. But I guess at least two people recognized it as the Rocking Ox, introduced in 1967 by BRIO, the largest wooden toymaker in...
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BldgBlog On BldgBlocks
Everyone's favorite architopian blogger Geoff Manaugh just geeked out over the massive collection of vintage blocks and building toys in the archives of Montreal's Canadian Centre for Architecture. The primary target of his fascination is Dr. Richter's Anchor Blocks,...
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Why Not... Put A Gas Motor On A Radio Flyer?
Of course, the kit includes only the mounting bracket, not the engine. Which shows that even back in the day, people thought of liability lawyers once in a while. That, or everyone just had half a dozen small motors...
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Playdating Around
Another great story from Theo Nion: Kid Ready To Start Playdating Again [theonion via dt reader ponch]...
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Who You Gonna Call?
K2 went into a real panic at bedtime the other night; she was suddenly afraid of ghosts. We tried to tell her that ghosts were just pretend, which she already knew, duh. Poor kid, barely two, and she's already having...
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July 21, 2010
CPSIA Still More Annoying Than Its Tea Baggiest Victims
I guess if it's the kind of speaking out that's necessary to get Congress to pay attention and to amend the pointless, unfair, and poorly designed testing standards of the CPSIA, then I'll have to put up with it. But...
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When The Mocha Moms Are Away The Token Dads Come Out To Play
High five to the dads--dadbloggers all, in fact--who appeared yesterday in place of the regular Tuesday panel of "Mocha Moms" on NPR's Tell Me More: Jason Sperber of Rice Daddies, Keith Morton of FatherDad, and Paul Fidalgo of Bloc Raissoneur....
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July 20, 2010
MoMA Mystery Solved: Les Levine's 'Star Garden'
It occurred to me today that someone with a sharp eye, who has lived through New York City's art history as it's been made, might recognize this incredible molded acrylic structure pictured in the Museum of Modern Art's garden,...
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FriendsWithYou: Mr. TTT Bench
That's the price you pay for getting your FriendsWithYou X kidrobot 34-inch fiberglass Mr. TTT bench colabo news from the site which lets BoingBoing read High Snobiety for it: you have to go hunt it down at actual stores,...
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July 19, 2010
Dear Gouvelas
Sometimes you kick fatherhood's ass, and sometimes it kicks yours. It has been a devastating and heartbreaking thing to read Aaron's account on Daddyfiles of his and his wife MJ's discovery, via an early ultrasound, that their daughter possibly had...
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Blame Canada Mary Tyler Moore
A three-year study of 234 families of kindergarteners published in Child Development found that behavior problems in school are linked to two types of families: Emeshed, like "the emotionally messy Barone family in the family sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond," and...
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July 16, 2010
Ghosts In Vogue
An awesome Dan River sheets ad from Vogue magazine, circa 1964. Check out another one at artist Angelo Plessas' blog. Ghost or Host? [angeloplessas.com via dt reader alex]...
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DT Friday Freakout: Jobs Edition
I'll apologize in advance for this week's Friday Freakout. I've been trying hard to muster a freakout over anything, anything at all related to kids, parenting, safety, whatever, that can match the freaking out I've been doing since reading that...
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July 15, 2010
Alright, We Get It. The CPSC's Gonna Ban Dropside Cribs.
Big news from the CPSC today: they are making a couple of procedural changes to the safety testing protocols for both full-size and compact cribs! Actually, I think this huge announcement--accompanied as it is by statements from each of the...
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July 14, 2010
Plexibub! Australian Cribs From Ubabub
Ubabub is an Australian baby furniture start-up, just out of the renderings-only stage, with a strong mid-century modernist aesthetic and up-to-the-minute manufacturing and materials. Which means the Nifty Clear crib, with its awesome angled legs, perforated plexi sides, and walnut...
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Pompidou Skate-Park For Child-Artists
So the Centre Pompidou just opened a new l'Atelier des Enfants, an activity and education center for kids ages 2-12. Core77 has photos and some chitchat with the fashion-y designer Mathieu Lehanneur, whose ideas for the space included "a...
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Why Is This Kindergarten Commencement Speech Different From All Other Kindergarten Commencement Speeches?
You know, I went to kindergarten with a lot of Jewish kids. I learned to swim at the JCC. But my shtreimel goes off to dt pal Marjorie, who clearly used the latest, most advanced Jewish kid name generator software...
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July 13, 2010
Damn, Baby, That Is One Plexi Crib!
As shoppers for mid-range plexiglass cribs know all too well, there is no such thing as a mid-range plexiglass crib. On the value end, there is an awesome, truly inspired, $300 maple & plexi crib from Community Playthings. And...
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It's All About The Ti-MING: Cynthia Rowley Pampers
You know, this joke would've been a lot funnier if I'd posted this Pampers thing right last weekend like I'd planned. Also, you realize this means they COULD make plain white diapers any time they wanted to, and so...
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July 12, 2010
DT Mommy Mailbag: Mommy Breath Edition
Good morning, Ladies! Do you ever wake up with that, you know, "not so fresh feeling"--in your mouth? As a Mom you have plenty of things to worry about; bad breath should not be one of those things. Moms should...
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Quick, To The Wary Meyers Machine!
Look, I know that breathing leaded gas fumes has resulted in an entire generation of Americans who see nothing wrong with taking their parents to job interviews 1. But that doesn't mean we should throw groovy vans themselves into...
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July 11, 2010
DT Friday Freakout: Chemicals Edition
I've been freaking out over it all weekend, and there's just no way around it: it's hard to top Z-Recommends for Freakout News: "This made the purchase of synthetic urine feel a bit spendy, but can you blame me?...
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July 10, 2010
Oh! Bamboo Is Your New Bicycle Seat For Kids
While trying to figure out the Taiwanese family bicycle world, I stumbled across this bit of bentwood awesomeness: a Thonet-meets-bamboo kid's bicycle seat. Blogger AnMin spotted it last spring at a bike rental shop when the family went riding...
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July 9, 2010
So About These Crazy Taiwanese Family Bikes
DT reader and family bikespotter Simon reports from Irvine:I live in family housing on a university campus, and I had seen this thing [like the white one up top] around the corner from my place for a while. I...
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July 8, 2010
Bottle From The Block
Celebrities are just like us, and on the web, everyone's a little famous, so I basically don't do any of that crap here, but this was hands down, the best press release I got all day:BPA-Free Baby Bottle - As...
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No Playtime For US: New Volvo V60 Sports Wagon
Volvo announced the sweet-looking new V60 wagon this week--on Monday--and basically told the US market we're not getting it, and it's our own damn fault. Cars.com's Dave Thomas reports:While America slept in Monday, Volvo unveiled its new V60 sports...
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Pew And The 'Unplanned Pregnancy'
The sociologists are right to wonder why, if half of pregnancies are unplanned, only 37% of the respondents in the Pew Research Center's recent survey, "The New Demography of American Motherhood," when asked why they "decided to have children," said,...
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Sociologists Read Woman's Day So You Don't Have To
DT reader DT reminds us just what a rich source Context's Sociological Images blog is for Women/Men/Kids These Days! material. I mean, seriously, who even thought of looking in Woman's Day for valuable insights into the impact of gender on...
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July 7, 2010
Milca Mayerova's Abeceda Is Back In Print
Great news for fans of early Czech modernism/dance/typography/conceptual artbooks who were hoping to teach their kid the 25 letters of the alphabet: Milca Mayerova's Abeceda, which was featured on DT last year, has been reissued. The Redstone Press has...
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DT Mommy Mailbag: Summertime Edition
Hey Ladies, it sure is hot out there! Here's some cool tips and marketing messages for you from the DT Mommy Mailbag! "Let Moms know: Nordstrom's Anniversay Sale!" will include Trina makeup bags! "Sharon Lerner's new book looks for...
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July 6, 2010
Parent Pants By Matt Brown
Personally, I hate cargo pants, and don't even get me started on cargo shorts. But I think someone needs to light a fire under industrial designer Matt Brown so we can see some of his parent pants come off...
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Kid, I'm Your Father! Daddy Types Summer Camp
The kid's summer camp is over, now Daddy Types Camp is starting. The Death Star Cookie project will be in 5-12 business days and ten minutes, basically as soon as the eBay seller's package arrives. Darth Vader's Activity Book...
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July 4, 2010
Introducing Benetton Diapers, The World's First 'Designed' Diaper
In 2000, the Italian personal hygiene products manufacturer Ledysan obtained a license from Benetton to introduce the world's first designed diaper. "More than just a diaper....It's an Italian designer garment," said a Ledysan promo. Benetton diapers were distributed to...
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July 2, 2010
Christiania-ty
From Sightline's awesome round-up of cargo bike photos, comes this picture of Patrick Barber practicing for the impending arrival of his and his partner's first child by riding his covered wagon to church. Barber is the elder of the...
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DT Comments May Be Working Now. Or Maybe Not.
It's been kind of a comment spam cluster$)(*% around here the last while, but I think they are functioning again. But I'm still working on it, so who knows? At the moment, it seems you will need to sign in...
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July 1, 2010
Perch: A Sculpture For Artful Socializing
Wow, has it really been ten years since I saw my first Austin Thomas perch sculpture? Thomas creates these free-standing deck/treehouse/platform social sculptures, and they're meant to be used. For hanging out, looking down, working, retreating, playing, whatever. They...
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I Give Up, Where's The Retractable Baby Bed?
I was so keyed up to the a custom Korean playroom in the NY Times' Home Section slideshow today, that I completely missed this photo, which purports to show "a retractable shelf" which "could be used as a baby...
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'What An Appalling Quantity Of Peter!' That's What Bea Said!
Did you know Peter Rabbit began in 1893 as a series of illustrated letters to Beatrix Potter's former governess's five-year-old son? And that after seven years, the governess, Annie Moore, encouraged Potter to publish them, but no one would...
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