Oscar Lou by Caroline Gomez

(wall art via Laffiche Moderne Kids Collection)

Tatt.ly

With her young daughter in mind and to provide an alternative to “bad clip-art tattoos,” Swissmiss (with friends) launches Tattly: Designy Temporary Tattoos. Recruiting the design talents of James Victore, Julia Rothman, Jason Santa Maria, Jessica Hische (seen above), Frank Chimero, the color-loving Jessi Arrington and more. The Tattly site starts off with a carefully curated array of typographic & illustrative eye candy.

I’ve never been interested in applying tattoos, permanent or temporary. But, I think many design-minded parents & kids will enjoy the products.

Illustrator Stuart McLachlan creates adorable papercut party hats styled for kids.

(first discovered via design work life via rietjedesign)

Child’s Play, a page turning bed by Yusuke Suzuki
(first discovered via notcot via snoop)

gallery of Fisher-Price Toddler Toys 1930-2011
(via Babble) 

vintage 45s for kids, from The Record Guild of America, Inc. (via kindra)

“L’Enfant Graphic Designer,” a review of Pamela Pease’s adorable new book Design Dossier: Graphic Design for Kids (via The Daily Heller)

I think the new cover for the April issue of Fast Company magazine is very cute.

redesignrelated:

“Extreme Makeover, Weiner Edition: RKS Redesigns the Deadly Hot Dog”
(via Fast Company)

“…Sit Down, opening at the V&A Museum of Childhood in London in early February, features more than 70 types of kids seating, from rocking horses to high chairs, to designer miniatures and stern deportment chairs…
— Creative Review

I still have atleast the first 20 books stored in my parent’s house…My mom has threatened to toss my childhood collection many times.

redesignrelated:

The Baby-Sitter’s Club book series to get cover redesigns with relaunch of backlist

In April 2010, Scholastic will publish repackaged titles from Ann M. Martin’s “The Baby-Sitter’s Club” series along with a prequel titled The Summer Before. We aren’t sure what the redesigned covers for the first 20 books in the series will look like, but we spotted a thumbnail for the prequel on the NYT site (seen above).

“…The Baby-Sitters Club, which ran from 1986 through 2000, garnered an ardent following among preteenage girls throughout its run of 213 titles, with the publisher ultimately printing 176 million copies. The series, which followed the baby-sitting adventures and friendships of four 12-to-13-year-old girls — Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia and Stacey (the cast expanded to eight main characters later in the series) — spawned several spinoffs, including a mystery series and a collection of books about Kristy’s little sister. All of the books are now out of print…” —via New York Times

Ideal Bookshelf 5, TRE
(via 20x200)

photos from “Sesame Street Exhibit at Brooklyn Public Library”
(discovered via a swissmiss tweet via My Modern Metropolis)