DESIGN Dirty shipping containers or the home of your dreams? FASHION The case is against companies to deliver gorgeous AND clean clothing SPOTLIGHT Lisa P. Jackson on what families can do about toxic chemicals 60 BONUS PAGES NATURAL PET WORLD NATURAL PET WORLD A unique approach to pet parenting the modern world DIRTY US $6.99 CAN $10.99 March/April 2013 www naturalchildworld.com Printed in U.S.A. Powered By Imagination When choosing toys for your tots, bright colors and flashing lights are not your only options. A talented group of designers have created works of art that you’ll want to keep out when company arrives. The toys are all beautifully crafted and great for play or display. We're never too young or too old to appreciate great design. Dream Car designed by Mike Mak of Huzi Design. An innovative magnet system, and chalkboard paint finish allows anyone to create their very own Dream Car. Made from natural mahogany, walnut and beech wood. $780.00 www.huzidesign.com Offshore Toys designed by Permafrost. Currently on exhibit at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. Will be available for purchase soon. permafrost.no Albert designed by Sven Stornebel. A clock and a showcase all in one, Albert comes complete with a small plastic toy, in matching color, to put on display. € 49.00 www.stornebel.de 52 | NATURALCHILDWORLD.COM Cochecito designed by Gregor Korolewicz. Spanish for small car, “Cochecito” can be built, taken apart, and built again thanks to a simple plug system and six different elements. Made from tropical wood from an environmentally managed forest in Panama. $33.00 www.gregorkorolewicz.de | 53 Puppets designed by Juan Pablo Cambariere. Made from waste containers found outside construction sites and houses. The wood and nails are recycled to represent the former owners. From € 200.00 www.cambariere.com 54 | NATURALCHILDWORLD.COM Totems: Series One designed by Dino Sanchez. Handmade in the US from solid oak and walnut with non-toxic finishes. $60.00 www.dinosanchez.com | 55 Ursa the Bear and Ursa Minor designed by David Weeks from Areaware. Made with elastic band muscles and sustainably harvested new growth beech wood, these bears are an enduring classic that will withstand generations of play. From $90.00 www.areaware.com AD Animal Box: Whale designed by Karl Zahn from Areaware. Made from sustainably harvested new growth beech wood, this figural box represents a “power” animal – a totem for our individual ambitions. $49.00 www.areaware.com Last Toys Tilacino designed by Nicoló Bottarelli from Alburno. Toys for children or adults, designed to keep attention on the problems relating to the extinction of animals. Made from maple and beech wood. $61.00 www.alburno.com 56 | NATURALCHILDWORLD.COM Vitra Miniatures Collection: Eames Plywood Elephant designed by Charles and Ray Eames from Design Within Reach. Made from molded natural maple plywood, the Vitra Design Museum has reproduced the original Eames Plywood Elephant at a scale of 1:6, standing at 5” tall. $225.00 www.dwr.com | 57
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