The new wind-up by Chico Bicalho called SKIDUM is making its exclusive debut tonight at the Museum of Modern Art - MoMA shop in Soho - NYC for their exhibit “Made in Brazil.”
The moves on this wind-up are like break-dancing to salsa music, it spins and stops and spins back the other way - pirouetting […]
Category Archives: Products
Skidum, Skidum, Skidum
May 14, 2009 – 4:56 pm
DIY Music Box Kit…the story
December 2, 2008 – 3:50 pm
How cool to search for “Kikkerland” on YOUTUBE.com to find…among other cool homemade Kikkerland videos, a growing collection of folks who made and recorded their own tunes on the ‘Mechanical Music Box Kits’ offered by Kikkerland Design. We found this product with the urging of experimental musician Bob Marsh, who runs the shop at Zeum […]
Simple Good Design
November 21, 2008 – 4:38 pm
Where else can you find an Italian designed and made product for $6.99?
The Driinn™ Mobile Phone Holder was developed by Banal Extra Design in Milan, Italy and the company DutchUS in Breda, Netherlands. The material is a special mix of plastic and rubber, a combination that gives the holder beauty, stength and grip. Offered in […]
It’s a French Thing they do in France
November 17, 2008 – 4:23 pm
a French kid stirring sirrop and soda
TURBO STIRRERS!
French designer, Reno, designed the Turbo Stirrers for a popular French ‘children’s’ cocktail that comes with a less inspired stirring stick. His idea was to offer the more fun spinning-propellor design to the company but they turned it down. Not discouraged, Reno offered the design to Kikkerland Design […]
Design Peace for Veteran’s Day 2009
November 11, 2008 – 8:29 am
The Soldier Candle holder by Chris Collicott was created originally from Chris’s interest in changing the scale of small classic toys into larger functional art objects for adults. In 2006 as war was escalating in other parts of the world it became obvious to add a candle holder to a toy soldier as a symbol […]
Bates Ace Hardware, Atlanta, GA
November 7, 2008 – 3:21 pm
I know it’s a little early for Christmas posts, but Bates Hardware in Atlanta had their Kikkerland Design Santa LED Key chain tree up before Halloween and we have Santas to sell!
Election Night Cocktail Decision Maker
November 4, 2008 – 3:54 pm
We asked our trusty stainless steel cocktail calculator, the BA149 Bar Compass, what drink would best go with tonight’s election results…I don’t know what it means but after a good spin it landed on a drink popular in the 1980’s, Sex on the Beach.
Sex on the Beach
- 1 ½ oz. Schnapps, peach
- 1 ½ oz. Vodka
- 2oz. […]
São Paulo Design Capital of the World, October 23rd - 24th
October 24, 2008 – 10:39 am
BOOM SP DESIGN - Conference to promote Architecture, Design and Art in Brazil.
Featured speakers: Karim Rashid, Ricardo Ohtake, Todd Bracher, Arne Quinze e Chico Bicalho, Greg Foley, Albrecht Bangert
Chico Bicalho will talk about how he got his start as a designer, Kikkerland Design, the Critter Wind-up family, humor in design, and no doubt the importance of […]