In our Education & Architecture series, we have featured previously some amazing kindergartens in Slovenia, Mexico, Japan, Sweden, South Korea and New Zealand. Also, you might remember our post about the Cedarsong Forest Kindergarten, an entirely outdoor preschool in Washington that combines nature and play. Today we travel to Thailand and discover another amazing educational […]
It is always a great joy to discover new brands founded by mothers who have a big passion for quality, small details, and good design. Today we travel to London to meet Emma White, founder, and designer of Honey & Toast, the award-winning company of leather bags & accessories for children (and grown-ups too). […]
Today we travel to Afghanistan with a story that talks about death, architecture, education, war, peace, and a BLUE primary school in Afghanistan. In 2001 Maria Grazia Cutuli, a prominent Italian journalist, was murdered by a group of gunmen in Afghanistan. Ten years later, the Foundation named in her honour decided to build a “sign of peace”: a school that […]
We continue to discover amazing schools and nurseries across the world and today we are featuring this amazing school in Sweden. Situated on the scenic beach between the old Råå School and the Sea/Øresund the children’s day care centre embedded in the dune forms a conspicuously inconspicuous silhouette against the green and sand-coloured setting of […]
Today at World Kids we are featuring this original nursery school in Sakura, Chiba (Japan), designed by Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop. Seiyu-Kai, a local social welfare firm specializing in elderly care facilities, approached Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop for the design of this new nursery that should accomodate 60 pupils. The overarching concept for this plan […]
Depending on where you live, school might have already started or you might have a few days to go. I am still not ready to say goodbye to summer, but I know it is time to say hello to a good routine and family organization. We have a long school year ahead, and I needed […]
Praia do Guincho is a very popular Atlantic beach, just a few km from the town of Cascais and just 25 minutes by car from Lisbon. It is a famous Portuguese beach as it has been one of the locations for the windsurfing world cup in the past, it has been featured On her Majesty […]
I am pleased to continue at World Kids our new series of great New Kindergarten Architecture. From Slovenia today we will travel to Mexico, and discover this amazing project: the Kinder Monte Sinai, designed by Architect Mr. Benjamín Romano from LBR&A Arquitectos (Julieta Boy, Aby Helfon, José Luis Martin and Mariana Mercado). This Kindergarten encourages children’s […]
Jure Kotnik is an architect, editor and architecture consultant who lives and works between Ljubljana and Paris. He is the author of “New Kindergarten Architecture ” book which showcases the best examples of latest kindergarten architecture with guidelines for contemporary kindergarten design ( Links, Barcelona 2011). Beside the work in field of theory and research, […]
World Kids believes in the power of Arts to transform lives and stimulate multicultural understanding. This is also the mission of Art in All of Us, a non-profit organization based in Brussels and New York City, that promotes tolerance and cultural exchange throughout all the 192 UN member countries, through art and creativity activities. The […]