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Collector’s Classic: Gnome stool table
By Junior on 01/04/2009 00:00:00
Philippe Starck's Gnome stool table is now available in a new colour
When French designer Philippe Starck created his first Gnome stool table for Kartell back in 1999, the colours were so lurid that only the most committed Starck fans actually thought of owning one. Now that these stunning black versions of Attila
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Collector’s Classic: Lou Lou Ghost Chair
By Junior on 01/02/2009 00:00:00
There is now a children's version of design legend Philippe Starck's Louis Ghost chair!
The Louis Ghost chair, by design maestro Philippe Starck for Kartell, took its design inspiration from the baroque style of Louis XV. Now the baby Lou Lou Ghost Chair has arrived, and the pint-sized version comes in three opaque colours, as well
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The great design evolution: children's furniture
By Junior on 01/09/2011 15:39:32
Some of the world’s most iconic designer furniture is distinctly cool comfort for today’s children. So how has this modern design evolution come about?
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-edge modern furnishings for our childr...
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Château De La Couronne in Poitou-Charentes
By Junior on 04/08/2011 16:24:39
This stylish castle with a modern twist is the perfect place for little princesses
dreamed up by Disney, but the interiors are more polished Philippe Starck than spider-webbed Sleeping Beauty. A sexy boutique getaway that caters well for older children, this grand getaway takes the 16th-century drama of a château and injects a modern
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Designer Chairs for Pint-Sized People
By Catherine O’Dolan on 17/04/2010 17:16:25
The appeal of a pint-sized designer chair
Many great modern designers have turned their talents to chairs, and still more are turning their designs into child-size versions, from the boudoir chic of the Lou Lou Ghost chair by Philippe Starck to the 20th-century Modern style of the Eames
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The man who made the Bugaboo Donkey...
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 30/05/2011 16:33:50
Adaptable for a solo or multiple riders, the Bugaboo Donkey is a masterpiece of innovation. Here Aernout Dijkstra-Hellinga, Donkey designer and father-of-two, shares his inspirations and insights
and I do the same kind of things in our household.Philippe Starck is an inspiration to me. I don’t always like his designs but he can always talk about them very nicely. And of course I’m very inspired by Bugaboo founder Max Barenbrug.I really like
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Hip hotels (that love children too)
By Sue Bryant on 20/04/2010 11:50:09
Junior’s round-up of the hippest hotels for families
but doesn’t have achildren’s club, and it is promoted as ‘calm and serene’, so take thatas a gentle warning. Abercrombie & Kent. Tel: 0845 0700610; www.abercrombiekent.co.uk. Amanjena, Morocco Crazy Bear, OxfordshirePhilippeStarck meets
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