Gifts for Young Designers

Active Snap - Design Ventura Winner

£9.95

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Active Snap is an energetic version of the tradition card game snap designed to help players keep active. When a match is made, players must perform the actions pictured on the cards This idea was created by students at Simon Balle All-through School, who developed their product with support from design studio Triple Double Active Snap is the winning product from the ninth year of Design Ventura the Design Museum’s flagship design and enterprise project for schools, run in partnership with Deutsche Bank as part of their global youth engagement programme Born to Be All profits from the sale of this product go to the students’ chosen charity, MOVE, a registered charity on a mission to inspire people to #MoveAgainstCancer Photography: Richard Heald Photography

Ping Ling Wind Up Critter

£25.00

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Ping Ling is a wind up critter with a frenetic attitude that embodies the term small but mighty Turn the brass coloured key and watch Ping Ling spin and wove around in a general chaotic manner, spewing angry sparks all the while Colours are assorted and chosen at random Please note: not suitable for children less than 14 years of age

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History

£150.00

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Celebrate 90 years of Mickey Mouse with of one of the most expansive illustrated publications on the Disney universe: behind-the-scenes shots, rare animation art, and vintage comics trace Mickey’s 122 cartoons, his comic adventures, and the world of Mickey merchandise and memorabilia, as well as the legendary Mickey Mouse Club and unfinished projects With unlimited access to Disney’s vast historical collections as well as public and private collections, the authors bring Mickey’s success story to life: concept art, story sketches, background paintings, and animation drawings as well as historical photographs trace the origins and evolution of such timeless favourites as Steamboat Willie, The Band Concert, and Brave Little Tailor. They also follow Mickey as he builds on this legendary library of short cartoons by appearing in two historic feature-length films, Fantasia and Fun and Fancy Free Unfinished projects, many of them presented for the first time through original storyboard drawings, unveil a Mickey that might have been. Extensive archival research sheds new light on little-known chapters of Mickey’s career, such as his pioneering radio shows, the origins of the Mickey Mouse Club, and his use as a patriotic icon during World War II. Along the way, we encounter the work of all major Mickey artists in both film and comics, including such greats as Ub Iwerks, Win Smith, Ferdinand Horvath, Fred Moore, Floyd Gottfredson, Carl Barks, Manuel Gonzales, Paul Murry, Romano Scarpa, Giorgio Cavazzano, Byron Erickson, César Ferioli, and Noel Van Horn Mickey Mouse has left an indelible mark on everyday culture as well as high art, becoming a favoured subject for Pop artists such as Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Roy Lichtenstein

Wooden Jet Plane

£35.00

Colour Yellow Green

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Yellow

Green

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Pretend you are the pilot of your own jumbo with this beautifully crafted wooden jet plane With a built-in pull-back motor, pull the main body a little in front and run it as soon as you release from the hand An easy shape to hold for even young children  Available in yellow and green

Alphabet Mini Wooden Dolls

£18.00

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A family of tiny wooden dolls with a customisable stick on, monochrome alphabet wardrobe Endless dress up fun with removable and reusable paper clothes (similar to post-it notes) The set comes with a simple booklet with tips for painting the dolls' faces and a page where you can keep some of your used clothes for next time. Adding facial features is easy and fun Includes: 36 clever paper clothes from A to Z and additional letters5 solid maple dolls in a house cotton bag Made in USA (dolls) & the UK (clothes) Made from natural, non-toxic, and sustainable materials Suitable for ages 4+ due to the small size of the dolls

Make a Hand Crank Doorbell

£32.00

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Encourage making, learning and play with by making your own doorbell Use the gears, bike bell, screws, washers, nuts, etc. to build a doorbell for your room Learn about how the crank, rack, pinion, and cogwheels work Turn the crank, watch the gears start turning, then push the hammer that hits the bell. Once it is all put together, you can paint your doorbell whatever colour you like - make it stand out or blend in to the wall, door frame or door There are 4 holes on the plank so you can screw it to your bedroom door

Girard Stickers

£5.00 £6.00

Type Blue Eyes Suns Gold Hearts

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Blue Eyes

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Gold Hearts

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Alexander Girard brought a sensuous playfulness to twentieth-century design that had been absent from the austere aesthetic of classic modernism In cooperation with the Girard family, Vitra has selected several colourful and expressive motifs for these stickers from the extensive Girard estate

Architecture on the Carpet: the Curious Tale of Construction Toys and the Genesis of Modern Buildings

£19.95

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This entertaining book offers a novel view of architecture through the prism of construction toys. Ranging over the last century to the present, Brenda and Robert Vale draw parallels between the model-building sets of the modern period and architectural movements, social history, and national identities and myths. Some children’s construction toys such as Lincoln Logs and Tudor Minibrix have looked to the past. Others have looked to the future: as early as the 1920s, the American metal toy Bilt-E-Z could be used to construct a stepped-back skyscraper like the Empire State Building The Vales investigate not only how models sets have reflected different building styles but also whether the toys themselves influenced the careers of the children who grew up playing with them. They explore connections between model-railway buildings and modernism; model sets such as Castos and reinforced concrete housing; and even between the creative but slightly surreal Playplax and postmodern deconstructivist architecture