I thought it would be fun to someday make a tipi with my son so I went a searching on the web and found these charming illustrations by Ellsworth Jaeger from his 1945 publication, Wildwood Wisdom. Maybe someday I’ll get to it. For now, archived.
Children
July 23, 2011
Lovely tricycle
By SinclairAntique trike. Photo by KR at Renninger’s Antique Market in Kutztown, PA. Totally walked right by it. Blessed is the wife who seeth all.
July 22, 2011
Serious play
By SinclairThis NYTimes article on very serious playhouse construction explores an interesting little market. Definitely check out the slideshow…
June 20, 2011
L.L. Bean wrapping tissue
By SinclairI got an awesome pair of boots from L.L. Bean for father’s day yesterday– thank you KR and HS!!– and I was almost as excited about the beautiful paper that came in the box to wrap the boots. It looks like an old repeat from their archives, unless of course they never stopped using it. [...]
June 17, 2011
On teaching kids to ride a bike
By SinclairHenry Cutler, the Brooklyn transplant industrial designer/owner of Amsterdam based Workcycles has a great piece on the stages of teaching children to ride a bicycle. Read for yourself… (by the way, check out that badass cross frame Opa in the background of the photo above. Gorgeous.)
June 5, 2011
Nice junglegym
By SinclairI’m presently working on a children’s space, so I appreciated some of the details on this climbing set in Washington Market Park at Greenwich and Reade. I particularly like the use of heavy gauge chicken wire for the fencing to maintain safety and visibility. I also like the water tower. Nice touch for NYC. And [...]
June 5, 2011
Convert-O Tricycle
By SinclairI totally stopped this kid and his mom on the street today to find out about this tricycle. I did A LOT of research on tricycles before settling on one for my son, but I never came across this. The Convert-O Tricycle from Anthony Bros. does a nice if not awkwardly balanced conversion to a [...]