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Categories / Books, Kids

Puffin by Design book

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Puffin by design

Founded just five years after Penguin, Puffin is celebrating seventy years of publishing. Puffin by Design, written by Phil Baines (who also wrote Penguin by Design) offers a visual history of the publishing house over that period. 

Puffin was founded with the aim of producing affordable, well illustrated books for children. This book features 500 of the imprint's most memorable covers and traces the development of their list, from titles designed to explain the then ongoing Second World War to children, to publishing much loved kids classics, such as Stig of the Dump, Mary Poppins and Watership Down in their paperback format. It also looks at their work with illustrators like Shirley Hughes. 

A fascinating read, that's sure to remind you of some childhood favourites, the book costs £14 from Amazon

Categories / Art and Photography, Kids

Peggy Wickham prints at Elphicks

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Elphicks is currently selling a couple of original 1950s prints by children's illustrator Peggy Wickham. The design shown, 'On the Beach', perfectly captures a nostalgic summer holiday, while the other print, 'The Village', captures an idyllic English rural scene. They are also selling three further designs as reproduction Giclee prints. 

On the Beach costs £75 while the Giclee prints (available in the shop only) cost £20 each. 

Buy the original print from the Elphicks website or see the other designs on the Elphicks blog

Categories / Design and Interiors, Kids

70s apple tree money box

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Give your kids an alternative to raiding the piggy bank, with this apple tree money box which has a design dating back to the 1970s. 

This fun and bright plastic design has been helping Danish children save up their krone for almost forty years. Also available in red, the tree opens on the back for access to the money and there's a slot on the back so it can be displayed on the wall. 

For £8.95 it's perfect in proving that money really can grown on trees. 

Buy it from Hus and Hem

Categories / Cars and Bikes, Design and Interiors, Kids

Go Go Retro wallpaper by Harlequin

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Go Go Retro wallpaper

Harlequin's Go Go Retro wallpaper not only has a brilliant name but also is a charming design, ideal for a kids room.

The paper features line drawing illustrations of retro vehicles such as a Vespa, Camper Van and a Beetle. Hopefully it should inspire some good alternatives to the traditional children's ambition of being a train driver. The simple design means it shouldn't look too overwhelming in a room as well. 

The paper costs £25 a roll. 

Buy it from John Lewis

Categories / Design and Interiors, Kids

Bobo Kids – midcentury-inspired furniture for children

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When it comes to design, you can never start them too young. And with Bobo Kids around, you can give your offspring some retro style from more or less day one.

It offers vintage-style furniture inspired by the 40s and 50s, including a cot on wheels, changing table, wardrobes, dressers, bookcases, side tables, even a bed, as you can see above. There's also an image of one of the desks and a side table over the page.

Every item is hand-painted and is made to order, with prices obviously varying depending on your choice of item. But to give you a rough guide, the bed retails for £795, the side/night table £295 and the desk is yours for £795.

Find out more at the Bobo Kids website

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Categories / Design and Interiors, Homeware, Kids

Lulabird clocks

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Looking for some bright, quirky and, of course, retro artwork for a kids room? Take a look at the range from Lulabird, a company created by a couple of mothers who found themselves asking the same question.

In answer, they produce plywood wall art and clocks, featuring owls and flowers and whales, all in the same idiosyncratic style as the image shown above. The numbers on the clocks are all deliberately simple to read and so should help with the tricky business of telling the time.

The pieces range in price but, to give you an idea, the whale wall clock pictured is £30.

See the range online