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New Kids Tattlys
We just launched 4 new Kids Tattlys: 3D Boy by Oliver Jeffers, Childhood Memories by Domogenous, Octopus and Rocket Man by Jim Datz.
You’re wondering what Tattlys are? Designy Temporary Tattoos!
LED Bicycle Light
These detachable LED bike lights made me look. Stockholm-based Bookman considered the essentials: color block shape, cuved underside, oversized rubber button and a groove for the attaching elastic cord. Three flashing modes: slow, fast and steady. The front light flashes white; the taillight is red.
Cloud Swim Suit
Yes, I am holding on to summer. Adorable sky children swim suit.
Airplanes Box Set
This portable wooden airplanes box set is simply beautiful. Oh, the temptation to get one for our little Tilo. #ohm
Sugru Hacking Putty
I don’t know about your iPhone cables but mine break, right where the cable attaches to the connector. My friends over at Holstee found a perfect hack: SUGRU PUTTY.
Team SUGRU (gaelic for play) was tired of not being able to fix broken gadgets, so they developed SUGRU, a moldable silicone that is sticky like Super-Glue and fun to use like Play-Doh:
1) Roll it to warm it up
2) Mold it the way you want it
3) Let it cure for 24 hours
Brilliant? YES! Order SUGRU over at Holstee.
Pinhole Cameras: A DIY Guide
Here’s a fantastic book photography enthusiasts: Pinhole Cameras: A DIY Guide, by Chris Keeney. Definitely a cool gift idea for parents that want to pass on the love for photography. What better idea than to build pinhole cameras with your little ones?
Typographic Tattly Tuesday
Typenerds that we are, we just launched four new type-driven Tattlys today: Make Change by Evan Huwa, Trouble Maker by Jim Datz, workisnotajob. by Catharina Bruns and the Deming letraset Tattly by studiomate Mike Fortress.
Whale Tissue Holder
This whale tissue holder is one of the sweetest things I have seen in a while. Totally made me smile. #ordered
(via ignant)
Hold Me Tight Pillows
These Hold Me Tight Pillows are adorable. I’d much rather have my kids sport one of these than the cheesy Pillow Pets. (And of course, my daughter would probably disagree and go for the most pink pillow pet there is, the Unicorn)
Formal Collar Apron
Hat tip to the designers of the Formal Collar Apron, both for their design and the product shot. Hanging off a giant baguette to show of your product? Yes, please!
Crawling Knee Pads
These crawling knee pads for babies and toddlers made me smile. Reminds me of the days when I played volleyball.
Red Polaroid Plush Camera
How adorable is this Red Polaroid Plush Camera? Made me smile.
Pluï
Now, here’s a charming new water toy for little ones. Immerse Pluï in water to fill up and then use it to create ‘rain’. The key is how you control the flow of water simply by sealing or opening the top nozzle with the tip of your finger. I can see our little Tilo loving this one. It’s called Pluï and was designed by Swiss Johanna Rickenback and Alex Hochstrasser.
(thank you Ueli)
Black Dog
This stylish recyclable black dog made of kapa board. It arrives flat packed and the laser cut pieces easily assemble into a 3D puzzle. Wooff!
New Tattly Designs
The last two weeks have been quite a ride. I can’t say I was prepared for the warm welcome I received for our Designy Temporary Tattoo idea. The blogsphere has been very generous with Team Tattly! Thank you all for your tweets and posts! Check out our latest additions, which we just launched: Bezier Girl, by Jessica Hische, Rainbow, by Jessi Arrington, Kitchen Utensils, by Julia Rothman and What to Focus On, by Marc Johns.
If you want to be part of the Cool Kids Club, you should buy our new multipack.
Take A Letter
Love this Take A Letter toy that let’s you teach letters in 3D!
Bike Bell Spedometer
I would have loved this Bike Bell Speedometer as a kid. Or even now.
On this Day Perpetual Calendar
Keep historic facts at your fingertips in a rainbow-colored-fashion with this Perpetual Calendar. Simply rub each black box to reveal an interesting factoid that happened on that date in history.
Pop & Lolli Wall Decal
I discovered Pop & Lolli over on CoolMomPicks just now and I am impressed. I am tempted to hit the ‘add to cart’ button on a few for Tilo’s new room. Or, maybe I can convince G to put them in our new hallway…
(via CoolMomPicks)
Fantastic Flying Books
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore iPad App Trailer from Moonbot Studios on Vimeo.
I just downloaded William Joyce’s “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”, an interactive narrative experience for the iPad. The app impressively blurs the line between picture books and animated film. I kept flipping pages in sheer amazement. If only I could look at it with the eyes of a kid. Magical!
(Via FormFiftyFive)
Just launched: Tattly
I have exciting news! We just launched Tattly, a temporary tattoo store for design-minded kids and kids-at-heart. After applying many bad-clip-art tattoos on my daughter Ella, I decided to stop complaining and take matters into my own hands. I was ready to put designy, cool, typographic tattoos on my daughter, or myself for that matter. The idea for Tattly was born.
I looked through my rolodex and reached out to fellow designers I admire to see what they thought of the idea. The response was overwhelmingly positive. Within days I received my first tattoo submissions. And now, a good two months later, we have a site, a team and an impressive fulfillment-centerlike-set-up in our studio. Team Tattly is ready to ship and rock the world of temporary tattoos.
I get giddy when looking at our current list of contributing designers.
Jessi Arrington: Color Burst
Jessica Hische: Type Nerd
Marc Johns: Rabbit
Julia Rothman: You’re Late, Robot, Polaroid Instant Camera
Frank Chimero: Knucks
James Victore: Scribble, I <3 NYC
Jason Santa Maria: Aperture
Chris Glass: Mother
Kelli Anderson: Carpe Futurum
Josh Smith: Cursors, Tattone
Jennifer Ward: Speak Up
Tattlys are perfect for people like me, that can’t commit to a real tattoo and for designer parents, that want to raise their kids with style. Tattlys make a perfect small gift and sure will make your friends smile. Can’t decide which one to get? For two weeks only, you’ll be able to buy the Launch Special Everything Pack! (Shipping is included in the US and only $2 internationally. Yes, we ship *everywhere*!)
I could not have done this without my awesome Tattly team Rusty and Yoko. And our newest Studiomates member Kevin, who proved be an impressivley talented temporary tattoo model. He was even game to model all Tattlys for the Everything Pack.
And then there are my wicked smart and talented studiomates of Oak. They developed the site with all that responsive goodness. (Go resize your browser window or try the site on a mobile device!) The shop runs on Shopify, which, according to Team Oak, “was almost as painless to set up as applying a Tattly to your bicep”. (I’ll be writing about the Shopify experience in the coming days, just so much for now: Their iPhone App ROCKS!)
It’s a big day here at swissmiss studios! Tattly is born! I am so happy I might burst.
Now, the question is: Which one is your favorite?