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Portmeirion Children’s ABC

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Depending on your frame of reference, Portmeirion will either suggest pottery or the setting of The Prisoner. But the Welsh village was also the place where its designers Clough Williams-Ellis brought up his family and thus provided the inspiration for this book Portmeirion ABC.

The book’s author, Sarah Nachamkin was a family friend and wrote the book to help William-Ellis’ grandchildren to learn the alphabet. The book dates back to 1950 and the illustrations are evocative of that era and the Portmeirion location.

Buy the book online from the Portmeirion website, priced £5.99.

Categories / Kids, Music

Beastie Brat t-shirt at Stardust

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Recognise the image? Yes, the Beastie Brat t-shirt at Stardust is based on a hip hop classic.

That being the original Beastie Boys logo from the debut '86 album, Licensed To Ill. So, not only are you dressing your child, you're making said child far more hip than the rest of the nursery intake with his or her nod to old school hip hop cool.

It's an ethically-made t-shirt, made from a premium interlock cotton, with nickel-free poppers and sizes from 0-6 months to 10 years. The price is £14.50, with an option for 'Beastie Girl' or 'Beastie Baby' if you prefer. If that doesn't appeal, the rest of the range features everyone from Joe Strummer to the Sisters of Mercy.

Find out more at the Stardust website

Categories / Design and Interiors, Kids

By Graziela Apple bedding

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We've featured several of the colourful re-issues of Graziela Preiser's children's designs. Now one of her most popular designs has been rereleased, in the form of this Apple bedding.

Dating to the 1970s, the design featuring a repeating design of red and yellow apples. To add an extra touch of sweetness, several of the apples are inserted with a heart logo. The pattern has been released on a cot duvet set and a single duvet set and is also available in the mouth-watering colour combination of blue and green. 

The cot duvet set costs 45.50 euros while the single duvet set costs 59.50 euros. 

Buy it online

Categories / Kids, Travel

London Transport Museum babywear

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As part of their Christmas collection, the London Transport Museum shop have launched a new babywear range that's suitable for any time in the year.

The range features three motifs, all taken from a 1986 poster for the 'One Day travelcard', which was designed by an unknown artist: a Routemaster bus as pictured above, a retro spacecraft or a clown. Though dating from the '80s, the designs draw on the traditional style associated with the transport posters and look a lot earlier in date. Each motif is available on either a cotton long sleeve top, a bib or a hat. 

The bib and the hat are both priced at £6.99 each, while the long sleeve top costs £13.99.

See the range online

Categories / Homeware, Kids

Bryonie Porter Kids’ Furniture

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We have mentioned Bryonie Porter’s wallpaper covered furniture before, but she now does pieces of furniture for children’s rooms.

The examples shown on her website are mainly chest of drawers, which have been decorated with comics, vintage maps and wallpaper from Lizzie Allen. Pictured here is a piece that has been coved in Sukie’s Alphabet wrapping paper to create something that looks good and is educational too.

For details of pieces currently available or to commission something yourself, contact Bryonie Porter via her website. Expect to pay somewhere between £700 and £1,200.

Categories / Kids

Blafre Robot Lunch box

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After Wednesday's Lunch Man here's another retro way to get your kids to take their lunch to school (or you to take your sandwiches to work): the Blafre Robot Lunch box.

The lunch box is both retro-inspired in terms of material and imagery. It's made from metal with a plastic handle and is decorated with cheerful simplified images of robots. Like this lunch box? The Norwegian company also produces the same design on a smaller storage tin. 

The lunchbox costs £10.95 or you can buy the tin for £6. 

Buy it from Nettlegreen