The last decade or so has witnessed tremendous changes in the world of children’s furnishings. However, our generation of parents is not the first to have appreciated good design. Neither are we the first to have had designers create cutting

hair, David Netto cuts a boyish 41-year-old. The New York-born, LA-based designer is in London for the Baby Show trade fair, where he hopes to win new takers for his collection of pristine white nursery furniture. Having launched the Netto

Credit where credit’s due: there is a lot of high-end design in children’s products. There are many eye-catching creations that send parents reaching for their wallets, but there are also designs that transcend the ordinary and make the day

for children in the USA and China, with life threatening illnesses.The day was the designer’s idea and the designs will be fashioned on canvas bags and sold in her boutiques across the world. Posted by: Laura Chatterton

Two contrasting design ethos' lie behind Kenzo Kids' Spring/Summer 2012 look; modern styles and conceptual shapes blend with a vintage-inspired natural colours and woven materials to give a fresh, non nostalgic take on the brand's heritage look. A

"I want a chair that's like a basket full of cushions to curl up and read a book in," was the design brief: the result was the Knoll womb chair, first created in 1946 by Finnish designer Eero Saarinen and now down-scaled to pint-size proportions.

/Summer 2012 style conscious children can look forward to a creative collection with a romantic, Seventies' feel - think flowers, femininity and tie-dye mixed in with signature sailor stripes and a bold primary colour palette.Read more...Shortlisted Girls

-shirts and colourful buttons.  Key pieces are inspired by the adults' collections but redesigned in sizes and styles more suitable for a child's sense of imagination. Paul Smith Junior from £60Have you seen... how Paul Smith Junior fared in our Boys' Designer Fashion

Concentrating on a limited palette of blues, whites and the occasional flashes of muted grey, mauve and pink, Ermanno Scervino Spring/Summer 2012 is a coherent and considered collection with a distinct personality shining through. Faded and distressed denim is given the boho trea...

Based on a 19th-century French design, this is the definitive roll-top bath – but perfectly scaled down to child-size (at 1,200mm x 520mm). The cast-iron Le Petit Bateau by Catchpole & Rye can come in any colour, plus spots or stripes. Priced £2,938.