Iglooplay toyChaise

BKLYN Designs is underway! The toyChaise, designed by Lisa Albin of Iglooplay will be on exhibition at the amazing design show this weekend. We’re thrilled about the eco-friendly children’s furniture literally coming out of the woodwork for BKLYN Designs, and we know the toyChaise would fit handily and beautifully into the repertoire of adults and children alike.

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Inhabitots Link Roundup of the Day

Studio Violet justifiably boasts about their new Circus Violet collection consisting of gorgeous re-used porcelain that will make the perfect setting for spring and summertime tea parties. Shop their entire re-used porcelain line here.

Minor Details shares a unique design by Portuguese designers Mama & Papa: a mobile baby care unit. And we thought lugging a diaper bag was a drag…

Tiny Decor Blog …

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CASAKids Rockabye Storage Rocker

Playroom chairs are certainly an essential item for any toddler or child’s activity zone, but a super cute, eco-friendly rocker that also provides storage for favorite toys and small treasures – well, that’s a design that we just cannot keep a secret. CASAKids Rockabye Storage Rocker from their Treasure Collection is just one of the great kids home products that will be featured at Brooklyn Designs in DUMBO this weekend, and the Inhabitat/Inhabitots team will be there to test and play with these innovative pieces created to dovetail perfectly with any family’s interior scheme.

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CASAKids Eco Modular Loft Beds

We’ve seen the stylish CASAKids collection before here at Inhabitots, but we love CASAKids so much, that seconds are in order. It’s especially hard not to come back for more when you see the CASAKids Loft Beds. Solid, beautiful, and multifunctional, the CASAKids Loft Beds are perfect for any child’s bedroom space. Plus, these loft beds are for so much more than simply sleeping. With large under spaces and colorful configurations available, the CASAKids loft bed can serve as a private playhouse, workspace, or just a cozy place to hunker down with a book.

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Argington Fuji Toy Box

We have plenty of favorites that we just can’t write enough about, and Argington children’s furniture is definitely one of them. The Fuji Toy Box is a simple storage unit that is perfect for the needs of a child, and even the needs of a parent. Best of all? It is as green as they come.

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Save a Tree, Send an E-card for Mother’s Day

E-cards can be just as special for mamas as paper cards, but with digital you have the added benefit of keeping it green. No paper waste, no manufacturing resources wasted and no transport and shipping emissions created. Now, in case you’re thinking, “Digital – blah, so impersonal!” just wait until you see what’s currently available in digital greetings. There are some amazingly lovely digital greeting cards out there now, like the beautiful cards available at pingg. You may customize these cards to say whatever you choose, and oodles of design options are available. Bonus; many of the services offered at pingg are FREE, which means you save paper and money!

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Inhabitots Link Roundup of the Day

Design Mom admires Zia & Tia’s handknit organic baby layette. We love that these vintage inspired pieces will look gorgeous on baby while keeping the earth beautiful via their sustainable design process.

Ambrosia Girl features a cool DIY on how to make personalized retro shirts for …

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PARAPU CHAIR: Paper Composite Seats from Sweden

What’s cuter than a super-colorful children’s chair? A super-colorful children’s chair made from DuraPulp, a fully compostable new paper product created in the PulpLab (a research laboratory based in Sweden). Swedish architecture studio Claesson Koivisto Rune presented the Parapu chair at Zona Tortona 2009, and it was one of the most cheerful green designs there.

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Candy-inspired Toy Vehicles by Drill Design

The great thing about the Designersblock show at the Milan Furniture Fair is that it offers not only the best of young (read: new) design, but also a great variety of kid-friendly design. This year, we went nuts over Drill Design, a Japanese duo who came up with a collection of amazingly charming products made with laminated wood. The decorative toys, equally suitable for kids and adults, are inspired by a traditional (and very popular) Japanese candy called Kintaro Ame, which loosely means “the sweet of a fairytale hero.” Toys inspired by candy fit for a superhero? Sold!

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Plant A Tree-Free ‘Green’ Mother’s Day Card

According to Hallmark, each Mother’s Day 162 million greeting cards are sent, making it the third largest card-sending holiday on the planet. This year it might be nice to consider Mother Earth as we make decisions about our Mother’s Day cards. For example, you can avoid paper by choosing a sustainable wooden card (not one made from virgin paper), for Mother’s Day, like the Night Owl Paper Goods cards shown above. Eco-chic keepsakes to cherish forever.

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ENTER TO WIN: Limited-Edition Pecanpal Toy + Print!

We’re so excited about the Pecanpals‘ big debut today, that we’re celebrating by giving away a Pecanpal ‘Fanelli,’ figure and a signed, limited edition Pecanpals print to one lucky reader! If you are anything like us, you’re likely smitten with these eco-friendly collectible toys, since reading Jill’s post, and now you have a chance to win one of your very own! (a $45 value). For the lucky winner of our contest, Fanelli will be accompanied by a beautiful illustrated print of the Pecanpals, which would make sweet decor for baby’s nursery or a child’s playroom. (an $80 value in total).

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PECANPALS: Eco-friendly Wooden Cuties

The kid in us is squealing with excitement over the launch (today) of the Pecanpals collection of eco-friendly collectible toys. These charming wooden Inhabitants of a small Pacific island have just landed in the U.S., and are here for your collecting pleasure. The sustainable wood figurines were dreamed up by artists Candy and Nick of Noferin studio, and they couldn’t be cuter.

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Felt Butterfly Rings for Kids and Adults

Felt is all the rage these days, with the much-talked about Cooper Hewitt Design Museum exhibit, Fashioning Felt, as well as some felt innovation coming along for New York Design Week. With spring in the air and fashion mimicking nature’s efflorescence, there are some super cute ways to don felt while also being playful about it. Enter these adorable felt …

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Recycled Plastic Kid’s Furniture by notNeutral

It’s not easy being neutral or blasé about notNeutral’s enviro-friendly and resource-savvy kid’s furniture collection.Their latest sleek offerings are a smart design partnership between notNeutral: Rios Clementi Hale Studios and Loll DESIGNS. Don’t be fooled by the cool, slick surface of these kiddy pieces, though, as notNeutral has created a durable assortment of outdoor furniture made from recycled milk jugs, detergent bottles, margarine tubs, and garbage containers. The pint-sized BBO2 collection offers a whole new spin on ‘putting the garbage out back,’ with kid’s furniture that is designed to turn your backyard or patio into a chic alternative to post-consumer pile up.

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HOW TO: Make Baby’s First Green Dal

I’ve been making baby food for my 8-month-old twins since they started eating more than baby cereal; and now that they eat from every food group, veritable meal planning is happening in our kitchen. The other day I picked up a bag of organic green split peas, figuring the kids would enjoy mushy peas. I flipped over the package for cooking instructions and found a recipe for dal, the bean-based stew common to Indian cuisine. They loved this recipe for green dal, shared after the jump.

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Children’s Cork Blocks Perfect for Creative Play

Have a child who loves to create and build or loves puzzles and designs? Then these all-natural cork building blocks, which recently debuted at the famous Milan Furniture Fair, would be perfect. With 16 different blocks and three different shapes, your child can create practically anything from their imagination or follow the patterns included with the set. These soft and lightweight Tono-8 Cork Blocks are colored with natural paints and make a wonderful alternative to wood blocks painted with toxic paints.

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