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Old School Wood & Slate Versions of Laptops and Smartphones For Kids.

If your child looks to pursue a career in our multimedia-based world, you should introduce him or her to state-of-the-art technology as early as possible.

i-Wood and i-Woody are old school takes on modern technology, with a smart minimal look. Made of 100% natural wood, the ecological versions of today's tech serve as a blank canvas that encourages imagination and can be wiped clean for endless fun.

i-Wood/ My First Laptop:

Wooden fold-up 'laptop' with chalk screen & keyboard.
Dimensions: 24cm x 35cm x 2.5cm
Not suitable for children under 3 years. Please note: irregularities and colour discrepancy within the wood may occur naturally.
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i-Woody / My First Smartphone

I-Woody/ My first Smartphone
Design: Donkey Creative Lab
Wood · includes chalk & sponge · ca. 11.5 x 6 x 1 cm
Not suitable for children under the age of 3 years.  100% Natural Product. Irregularities and colour discrepancy within the material may occur naturally.
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Donkey Products is an international Design Label based in Hamburg that develops and designs original, humorous products. And yes, they do ship worldwide.

Human Hair Necklaces by Kerry Howley

Kerry Howley is a contemporary jeweller and jewellery artist recently graduated with a First Class BA Hons Jewellery and Accessories degree from Middlesex University. She is fascinated by the power materials have to influence our emotional response to jewellery, with a particular interest in how these emotions can be conflicting.

Believe it or not, this gorgeous home in Cape Town, South Africa is available to rent for vacation and holiday stays. You may have seen a few shots of this modern luxury home a few months ago on fubiz or Trendland, but didn't know it was available to rent.

Given my posts on tattooed pigs and pigskins received so many controversial reactions, I can only imagine how these tables from Armin Blasbichler Studio, which combine furniture design with taxidermy, are going to go over.

Orson I and Orson II are part of a limited series of tables which feature stuffed livestock incorporated into the design by the Italian multidisciplinary studio.

"ORSON, I'm Home” Orson I, 2010

“ORSON, I'm Home” I is a coffee table which has a stuffed sow as the base on which a laminated glass and cotton cloth tabletop sit:

dimensions: L 250cm, W 120cm, H 74cm, 210kg

"ORSON, I'm Home” Orson II, 2011

“ORSON, I'm Home” II is a console table whose legs are those of a stuffed deer and whose top is multi-layered plywood covered with real deerskin:

dimensions: L 141cm, W 44cm, H 76cm, 25kg

Armin Blasbichler Studio is a multidisciplinary practice based in Brixen/Bressanone, Italy specialised in cross-linking the fields of architecture, design and visual arts. The studio is committed to developing innovative projects that are built on critical research, transgression and the experience of chance both physically and conceptually.