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01/12/2010 4:56 am  

The Creative Playthings hobby horse mentioned in the other thread reminded me of my own preferences as a young child-- I liked my colors garish, my textures plush, and my art highly representational.

Is there a child on this earth who would choose hobby horse A (below) over hobby horse B, I wonder?

It must be difficult for parents to convince their children of the superiority of the Creative Playthings school of toy design. Good thing that Might Makes Right.



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01/12/2010 5:20 am  

somewhere in the middle
william-holden-caulfield,
I prefer the Stevenson Brothers safety rockers (all three sizes - my minature unit is a bow rocker) for my collection and any children who have ever visited have seemed to agree. While it is not a "modern" design, I believe it is a classic design. The children and I are satisfied.


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01/12/2010 5:45 am  

Let's ask...
The children of unhappyhipsters.com


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01/12/2010 7:07 am  

Budding Modernists
My niece and nephew have been raised on a steady diet of modernism and they love it. My nephew has been drooling over the houses in Dwell since he was 4. My niece has a Hello Kitty doll house that is very MCM. I think kids like clean lined stuff, at least these two do!


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01/12/2010 4:18 pm  

I have two girls (4 + 7). Th...
I have two girls (4 + 7). They have both been surrounded by modern design since day one....that said, if you gave them a choice between the plush fluffy unicorn and the CP horse....I bet they'd chose the former every time........Where have I gone wrong 😉


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01/12/2010 5:09 pm  

Blame it on
Disney.


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01/12/2010 6:03 pm  

You can blame a lot on Disney...
Modeling resistance to the mass cultural aesthetic is part of parenting as far as I am concerned. I want kids to have a level of intellectually fertile abstraction not the drivel of hack cartoonists.
Her are some other great rocking playthings.


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01/12/2010 6:18 pm  

I don't know if I'd be so quick to blame it on Disney.
Perhaps Disney just recognized what kids naturally prefer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Harlow


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01/12/2010 6:34 pm  

allow chidren to decide
william-holden-caulfield,
As I said in an earlier thread on the subject of gift giving, I am giving a red and a green Charles and Ray Eames, Eames® Elephant for Vitra to two small boys for Christmas. It is my true belief that they will probably enjoy the packaging and the parents will appreciate the gift. Children should have what they desire and do as they please. It should "always" be about their enjoyment and not parents wishes.


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01/12/2010 7:01 pm  

I'm sure these kids do. Who...
I'm sure these kids do. Who in god's name designed that play area probably never had a childhood. I wouldn't even kill myself in that area.


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01/12/2010 7:02 pm  

modern
my 2 boys, ages 10 and 13, say that they like having a house and furnishings that are not the standard fare. They like to spot modern design when we are out on the trail.


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01/12/2010 8:23 pm  

My kid has hobby horse A. He...
My kid has hobby horse A. He loves it. But he doesn't know the difference. I would rather him have a wood stick with a red ball for him to learn abstract representation than a plush horse with fur that makes noises like a real horse. The simple toys of yesterday required imagination.


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01/12/2010 9:02 pm  

I saw this
dollhouse in Real Simple magazine and I am buying one for myself. If my granddaughter is really, really good, she can play with it. Wearing gloves. And a facemask a la Michael Jackson.


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01/12/2010 9:27 pm  

Holy cow, Riki, how much...
Holy cow, Riki, how much will that set you back?


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