Book "Design for children: Play, Ride, Learn, Eat, Create, Sit, Sleep"

A comprehensive, genre-defining survey of product and furniture design for children, from the Bauhaus to the present day. "Design for Children" is an essential book for all style-conscious, design-savvy readers. It documents the evolution of design for babies, young children and beyond. It showcases more than 450 beautiful, creative, stylish and clever examples of designs made exclusively for children, from toys and furniture to tableware, textiles, lighting and vehicles. Contemporary superstars and twentieth-century masters are featured, including Philippe Starck, Nendo, Marc Newson, Piero Lissoni, Kengo Kuma and Marcel Wanders.

About the author

Kimberlie Birks is a design writer and editor based in New York. Born in Montreal, she studied art history at Brown University and design criticism at the School of Visual Arts, where she wrote a thesis on playground design.