Daddy Types: June 2013 Archives

June 2013 Archives

June 30, 2013

Pronounced Ka-nute Is His MIDDLE Name

From the Rolling Stone/US Weekly report on the birth of former SF 49er tight end Eric Johnson's second kid with baby mama Jessica Simpson:Jessica Simpson gave birth to her second child, a baby boy, on Sunday. Us Weekly reports that...
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DT Roadtrip: Visiting The Muji Motherland

A couple of weeks ago my sister-in-law sent this photo of a young family in Tokyo checking out a sweet-looking Muji bunkbed. I looked online and couldn't find any information on it, so we decided to go visit it...
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June 29, 2013

DIY Totem Box Furniture From Cardboard Collective

When we last saw the DIY goodness of Cardboard Collective, chief cardboard comrade Amber was just selling a couple of copies of the vintage Japanese cardboard kids furniture mooks that inspired her global movement. Now she's added plans of...
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My First Kafka, By Matthue Roth & Rohan Daniel Eason

One morning, when Greg the blogger woke from troubled dreams, he found My First Kafka, and it all worked out awesomely. Matthue Roth has adapted three stories by Franz Kafka into one children's book, illustrated by Rohan Daniel Eason,...
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June 28, 2013

Artists' Kids Have The Greatest Names

There is no better way to end the week than to celebrate the Australian-born New York artist Natalie Jeremijenko for her epic talent and foresight in babynamingJeremijenko's experimental streak extended to the naming of her kids. Her oldest daughter [26]...
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DT Friday Freakout: Breast Friends Forever Edition

A special collection of news stories from the worlds of parenting, health and science to ruin your weekend all at once: it's the Daddy Types Friday Freakout: Breastfeeding gets your kid more friends and improves his social mobility for no...
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Raf Simons SS14: Onesies Pour Homme

To counter the artificiality creeping into society, Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons has introduced one-piece outfits for men inspired by infantwear. Here is NYT fashion critic Cathy Horyn reporting from backstage at the Spring/Summer 2014 shows in Paris:With some...
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June 27, 2013

ZOMG MURP!

Holy smokes, people! You saw it here first! Two years ago, when Aaralyn was just three, and her brother Izzy was only 6, their thrash metal band Murp hit YouTube with their debut single, "Don't Brush My Hair in...
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Artist Dad Casts Kid's Hand In Obsidian For Venice Biennale

Monte Pilato on the northern tip of the Aeolian island of Lipari last erupted in 729 AD. Tools made from the obsidian flows from Pilato have been found all over the Mediterranean, evidence of a complex trade network. The...
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June 26, 2013

Brinca Dada 2 For 1 Doll McMansions

My mother-in-law is retiring to the desert, and she's not taking the Brinca Dada dollhouse. So we just inherited it in all its Neutra-inspired, fully furnished, modernist glory. And damn, is it big, definitely suburban size, and it weighs...
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Never Mind The Knockoffs: Punk Onesies

Punk onesies are a priority in my life. Not such a priority that I tried to resurrect the amazing Orange County punk concert flyer onesie business that used to be at Punker Dunker, a Southern California T-shirt company I...
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June 25, 2013

Pricecheck On The Maserati Bellagio Cinqueporte

Back in 2008 no one cared about price and availability; it was enough to know that someone--Touring Superleggera, in this case--could build a custom Maserati Quattroporte-based station wagon without it turning out to be a fugly mess. Well in...
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June 23, 2013

Christian's Heroes Coloring Book

(1/2) best sidewalk furniture ever! a coloring book party on 8th Av (unfortunately had to decline invite to sit in) pic.twitter.com/Yo6FZQLbc3— James Wagner (@wagnerblog) June 24, 2013 (2/2) the book party was for "Christian's Heroes Coloring Book" - March sidewalk...
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Too Legit Too Cute: Rap Onesies

I saw on Twitter were someone had been stopped cold by a Wu Tang onesie, and I was all, "Well, why shouldn't there be a Wu Tang onesie?" And there turn out to be tons of them. You can...
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June 22, 2013

NYT: Kids Are Like Their Parents

Steve Almond "riffs" in the New York Times Magazine about how screens are warping his kid's fragile, little mind--just like television was the touchstone of his own latchkey kid youth: This is the moment we live in, the one our...
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June 21, 2013

DT Friday Freakout

The Daddy Types Friday Freakout is a carefully curated collection fo headlines from the worlds of science, health, parenting, etc., designed to freak you out all at once, instead of a little bit every day: "How Long Can You Wait...
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Area Couple Manages To Give Child Google-Proof Name

Honestly, given those parents and their perspective on human existence, I think North West is just about the most brilliant hashtag keyword Google search-thwarting baby name in the history of the Celebrity Infotainment Industrial Complex. Think about it: she's completely...
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June 19, 2013

LSD ABC

Wow. If X were for anything besides X-rated Movie, I would pair up Laura Sicouri & Kadavre Exquis' animated masterpiece LSD ABC with the much less trippy LDS ABC, and let the kid watch'em every day. If you're into...
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June 18, 2013

Kalon Caravan Pink Crib Giving Me Uncomfortable Feelings

Oh, what is going on? Why am I feeling this way? We were so determined to thwart the Pink Industrial Complex with the kid, and we generally succeeded. With K2, we have basically failed miserably. The experience leads me...
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Cars & Mechs & Things That Go, By Evan Palmer

Minneapolis-based artist Evan Palmer likes to create these mechs driven by adorable battalions of animals, set in a dystopian post-Scarry universe. You can buy prints of various images for extremely reasonable prices at Palmer's online shop. Meanwhile, his Instagram...
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From The Department Of Bad Ideas: Spring-Mounted Cradle

90-year-old David Resnick ran an outfit called United Inventors and Scientists which loved to help inventors. In fact, he helped the inventor of this spring-mounted cradle right out of the photo, and right out of the 1974 LA Times...
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June 17, 2013

New Dads On The Block Bring Home New Kids On The Block

I've had New Dads On The Block's blog open in my browser tabs since, like, the third trimester. Now these two dads Josh & Matt have not only made it to India for the birth of their twins [mazeltov!],...
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No Kickstarter Was Required: Glorious North Korean Cardboard Tank

Children of the great failed American devil, cower in fear at the awesome creative power of the glorious future leaders of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. These children are all six months old, and this tank was fabricated...
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June 15, 2013

Sun's Out, Guns Out

Wife:"The six year old had to wear a tank top for her recital and ran around the house yelling 'sun's out guns out' and I know you did this"— CT (@HockeenightsCT) June 15, 2013 I have no idea who this...
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June 14, 2013

If This Van's A Rockin' It Could Be Naptime

Whenever DT wanders from the strictly pre-school-sized pedal car beat and toward the big kid go-karts, there's always a good reason. Or at least a reason that seemed good at the time. So I can see how a vintage...
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June 13, 2013

Park Slope Parent Analyzes Things At Some Length

On the one hand, I guess it's always good for the new or expecting parent to be reminded that the entire Baby Industrial Complex is designed foster anxiety and prey on your best, but inexperienced intentions in order to sell...
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Made By Dad, By Scott Bedford, A Book Of Kid-Related Projects, Some Involving A Blowtorch

Non-minimalist illustrator and maker Scott Bedford has been blogging up all kinds of interesting kid-related projects at WhatIMade.com. And now he's got a book. Made By Dad is a bunch of toys, furniture, gifts, and whatevers you can make...
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June 12, 2013

Playmobil Alpine Cow Festival

Did you ever get the sense that there is a lot more going on in the Playmobil world than your local toyseller is telling you about? Search for 5425 - Playmobil Alpine Cow Festival on eBay, where it looks...
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Browning Crib By Aaron Coston

When devoted gun guy Aaron Coston found out his wife was expecting their first child, he knew what he had to do: design and build the kid a crib inspired by the craftsmanship and innovation of firearms legend John...
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June 10, 2013

Where The Depressing Things Are

On the late author/artist's 85th birthday, Google has created a Maurice Sendak-themed logo: And the NSA is releasing the full, unedited version of Sendak's wonderful, touching phone interview with Terry Gross from 2011. image: Twitter user @7im, aka Tim Dickinson's...
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Booty Maker Joins Orphan Brand Conglomerate

Robert's American Gourmet Food Company, the maker of Pirate's Booty and other Booty snacks, has been acquired by B&G Foods, a New Jersey conglomerate of totally random, orphan consumer brands that have been shed by much larger conglomerates. So this...
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Mother Goose Is English For Mere l'Oye

Until I read Christine Jones' article, I basically didn't know anything about Charles Perreault, whose 1697 collection Histoires ou contes du temps passé , Stories or Tales of Passed Times, was eventually translated into English with the title from...
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June 7, 2013

Max Headroom Alphabet On Sesame Street

What? The? Hell? Why was I not informed of this? Watching pseudo-dystopian New Coke mascot Max Headroom reciting the alphabet from the 1987 season of Sesame Street with your kid gives you the chance to explain how people once...
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June 6, 2013

Finland Still Giving Out Free, Swag-Filled Cardboard Bassinets

They were giving them out in 1938. they were giving them out in 1949. They were giving them out in 2008. And yes, the BBC's WTFScandinavianParenting correspondent reports this week that Finland is giving out cardboard bassinets stuffed with...
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June 4, 2013

Famous OTO Cardboard Food Truck Is Crowdsourcing Right Now

There are few things more annoying than an ice cream truck, especially when they just roll up like clockwork at your playground, and the half of the kids whose parents don't care what kind of crap they eat or...
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Veritable Blogload Of Kids Chairs Being Auctioned At Wright20 This Week

Way back in 2001, before a molded ply Eames kids chair was even a twinkle in my eye, Patrick Parrish was amassing a remarkable collection of kid chairs. He's shown the collection only a couple of times, once back in...
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June 3, 2013

Sneakerhead Alphabet Warps Fragile Little Minds

A is not for Alden, or even Adidas? B is not for Bean Boots? C is not for Chuck Taylors? D is not for Doc Martens? G is not for Gucci Loafers? J is not for Jack Rogers? L...
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NickMom Points Out Obvious

Not content with filling latenight TV with girly gossip and unfunny poo jokes, Nick Mom has decided to take on the online college course and nanny referral industries by producing pointless, viral-ready infographics. Which, you know, I just got...
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June 2, 2013

Duck Puppet No Wolf Puppet

I can't really imagine blowing this up into an instantly iconic sculpture 50-foot tall, but this Creative Playthings duck puppet is funny-looking. OK, I could be wrong. Rubber Duck by Florentijn Hofman, in Hong Kong Harbor. image: cnn vintage...
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June 1, 2013

'Collaboration Linda & Hans Haacke'

For his contribution to a 1969 group show at the Kunsthalle in Bern, Switzerland, New York-based conceptual and systems artist Hans Haacke submitted his son. The show, curated by Harald Szeemann, was titled, "When Attitude Becomes Form," caused outrage...
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Luiz Doesn't Want To Eat Octopus

I very clearly remember the moment when the kid realized that chicken was not a homonym, but the same thing. [youtube]...
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The Longboard Stroller, AKA The Quinny Jett Concept

The urge to stay young is the father of invention. Peter Van Riet and his fellow Belgian dads didn't see a reason why involved fatherhood had to mean cutting back on their longboarding time. They are hard-to-define creative types...
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