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Eastern Blocks: Romanian Politics Go To Preschool

26/06/2013

A new toy designed by artist couple Monotremu puts Brancusi’s minimalist sculptures into play. It takes a certain kind (...)
A new toy designed by Monotremu puts Brancusi’s minimalist sculptures into play. It takes a certain kind of to see Romanian politics in a project inspired by their toddler son--and to see some futility, or at least room for improvement, in kids at play in a park. “Our first idea [for] the wooden toys came some time ago, watching a few kids playing alone in a park, surrounded by a lot of useless and senseless objects,” Monotremu tells Co.Design about their design of Minitremu, a series of three-dimensional stackable blocks that, in certain configurations, take on the elegant proportions of Constantin Brancusi’s sculptural work. Only this is Brancusi reimagined for children, specifically his "Endless Column" and "Table of Silence" in the form of simple and colorful objects--meaningful objects--that are a serious upgrade to the plastic detritus observed in the park. The modular playset draws on a rich heritage of high-minded design and toys, including those some of the great designers and architects played with as kids or created as adults. Both Frank Lloyd Wright and his Swiss-Franco rival Le Corbusier were reared on Froebel “gifts” and other forms of constructed play. (Neither received college degrees.) Famous Bauhaus apprentice Alma Siedhoff-BuscherIn designed a suite of children’s toys informed by the school’s pedagogical principles, favoring primary colors, simple geometries and abstractions.Read Full Story    
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