It seems that no matter what toy manufacturers come up with, nothing seems to beat the good old wooden blocks. Except maybe, new wooden blocks. The British designers Zoe Miller and David Goodman spent a lot of time researching old toys and wondering how to make them new. The came up with ShapeMaker, beautiful wooden blocks that enables kids to build and make, not only buildings, but faces, fruits, vehicles, animals and whatever their imagination inspires them to create. Miller and Goodman also create children's books and an exclusive product range for Tate. Everything they design is based on simple shapes, and the idea of putting them together in many different ways in order to create new shapes. Simply magical!
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You're right, back to basics is the best way to go. I've written about this blocks too, I think they're fantastic. I spend a lot of time on the web researching, looking for new stuff for kids, but when I watch my own children, well, they play for hours on end with building blocks, a pen and paper and finds from the garden !
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