When your baby is born, you are inundated with gifts from family members, friends, and co-workers. As the gifts roll in, you feel torn between feeling completely loved and thankful and being totally overwhelmed and distracted by where the hell you're going to put all this stuff. But everyone has that one gift that they totally adore. The gift that wasn't on the registry but wasn't plucked randomly out of the sale bin at Target either. It feels personal and special and makes you want to call that person immediately to thank them for knowing you so well.
That gift for me was Alexander Girard Blocks from House Industries. The blocks use different fonts from the Alexander Girard font collection, a beautifully unique combination of colors, decidedly non-kiddie graphics and a cleverly-adapted House Industries factory logo puzzle on one side. And while the baby grows and we finish cycling through all the cute little outfits, the blocks will maintain a permanent space in our living room for years to come. And one day, if the baby is really lucky, we might even let her play with them.
These are beautiful! I’d buy them for myself though. Eames also has some really cool blocks from House Industries too. http://www.houseind.com/objects/collaborations/
Yeah, all of their stuff is really fabulous. I just got a new cheaper set of blocks because Mazzy was getting her saliva all over the Industry ones and I decided I seriously didn’t want to ruin them. She knows the difference though- she wants the good blocks!
Love, love, love these! agree with Leslie, want them for myself-so inspiring. It’s like you can multi-task. Play with your baby, sharpen your designer’s eye. Love the design of your site!
wow great, the design seems like it could make babies smarter.