Rafa-kids Bench at H&M

Planes, trains & automobiles

We are not leaving the toddlers’ playground from our last post : Let's Play with Monsters but we just keep playing. The theme chosen to create this room was all that moves : planes, trains and automobiles. My boys’ would love it!  Rafa-kids R toddler bed with wheels, fits perfectly here. How is it possible, that I never thought about it before! 

This beautiful styling was created by Jessica Hanson and photographed by Sam McAdam-Cooper, 

for Australian magazine InsideOut.

I don’t even know where to start to say what I like the most about this set. The Aeroplane shelf is just so cool. Personalised wooden letters with the name of your child, and little cloud lamp, and wooden planes flying around….. little details, making this minimal and modern space so special.  Of course this BLUE! what a beautiful, colour to choose for a child’s room. It makes it so dreamy and relaxed.

Rafa-kids K desk - Studioaandacht for Brabantia

I’m so exited to share with you this modern and minimalistic pictures with Rafa-kids K desk. 

All the images were created by Studioaandacht for a family business Brabantia.  This world famous for their touch bin and wall fix company asked  Studioaandacht to refresh their brand image back in 2012. Each season their develop a new trend strategy and produce and shoot images for packaging, PR and advertising of Brabantia. The images are so playful, filled with colours and eye catching. We are very proud to be selected for their new campaign. My favourite picture is the green metallic one with  “LET’S CLEAN IT UP” note. I wish my working would place look like that, every day….

Rafa-kids BB bench - InsideOut magazine - Australia

While we pull warm sweaters to welcome chilly Autumn days in Europe 

at the same time in Australia the first Spring vibes poping out. 

Do you remember my post about a favourite stylist Jessica Hanson from Australia? I adore her work since a long time and always find inspiring what she does. For the October issue of the Insideout magazine she created with Sam Mcadam-Cooper  this amazing Black Swan Ballet dancer set. 

We are over the moon to spot Rafa-kids B bench and A teen bed in this girls’ room.  I remember ones a Rafa-kids customer saying, that our furniture is elegant and light. It was so nice to hear and it came back to my mind when I saw this pictures. Sunny colours used for this set give definitely feeling of a fresh start. 

new Rafa-kids lookbook - Shelf collection

I have a great treat for the weekend for you :

NEW Rafa-kids lookbook, where you can see our shelf collection. 

Please have a look : Rafa_lookbook_2016_shelf

The lookbook was created by the talented graphic designer Asia Gwis / kawkadesign. It was so great to give her a ‘free hand’ so she could design and show Rafa-kids shelves in her own way. What a nice surprise, to get this playful yet delicate look with our furniture. The use of colours is also new for us and we are absolutely delighted with the final effect. We hope you will like it as much as we do. 

If you missed our first Rafa-kids lookbook, here it is :  Design To Play.

We wish you a wonderful weekend! 

Guess Who? and special offer for F bunk bed - dark

Two weeks ago ScionUK wallpaper and textile company lunched their 

new kids collection called Guess Who? 

Rafa-kids furniture took part of their shooting campaign. ScionUK selected our F bunk bed and K desk + stool in dark finish for a child’s room with  “Little Fox” wallpaper and accessories.  We are very exited to see our furniture in this playful room with brown&orange colour scheme. It’s looking very cosy and warm…perfect for the Autumn/Winter season. 

We also have a good news today! Our F bunk bed in dark chocolate finish and A teen bed also in dark, are for special price available at the moment on our website. It doesn’t happen very often that we are run discounts, so please grab your chance if you would like to have our bed for your kids! 

Rafa-kids at Maison&Object 4-8 September 2015

We are back after 5 days in Paris! 

Rafa-kids was presenting their collection at the prestigious Maison&Object fair 

from 4th-8th of September 2015. 

The enorm positive feedback from people visiting the fair, meeting in person our stockists and also getting to know all new store owners was absolutely wonderful experience. We also had a chance to chat and meet other brands showing on the fair. We exchanged experiences and laughed a lot together. The M&O fair attracts business people from all over the world, so during these 5 days we welcomed on our stand companies from France, Belgium, Germany, UK , Switzerland , Denmark, Finland….South Korea or Dubai…

Rafa-kids have created two different rooms on their stand. One was a children room with F bunk bed and R toddler bed on a white wooden floor where we added a playful accessories with a splash of yellow. The second room was made on a black concrete floor and dedicated to a teenager . We showed A teen bed and K desk with stool in natural wood finish. The atmosphere was homey and cosy, and we definitely stood out in a little corner of Hall6 / kids section with our playful , high quality furniture for children in monochrome colours. 

Rafa-kids was also presenting for the first time the 4 new prototype shelfs, which were a big succes! We can’t wait to add it to our collection and show you new pictures next week!  It was first time for us to show our collection in such a huge event and to be confronted with hundreds of people. It was a blast for us and we are full of positive energy and have full hands of work now. 

We would like to THANK you all who made an effort to came and see Rafa-kids furniture and meet us in person in Paris. It all made it so worth to be there!  

Graphic work for the stand / Asia Gwis - kavkadesign

photos by Rafa-kids 

the Good Design kids products - Actus store - Japan

This was probably one of the longest break in blogging for me, 3 weeks. I’m afraid that it will be here a little quiet time in the coming weeks, since all our energy is going into Rafa-kids at Maison&Object preparations….but I miss blogging a lot! and I hope I can bring you  more inspiration and great content very soon.

Today I would like to show you one of the most beautiful kids' furniture catalogs I have seen since ages. I found it in my post box few days ago. It was sent to us by our Rafa-kids' Japanese stockist Actus store. This little book has a lot of content that I price itself  : simplicity, playfulness and high quality producst for children: a good design. On each page, 2 images next to each other complete the story of the furniture.  Our Rafa-kids' F&R set of beds is shown next to cute, sleeping baby…should I say more? We are very proud to be presented in this unique catalogue in the other part of the world. 

We are glad to announce that RaFa kids has a stockist in Japan. 

Our beds are available at prestigious ACTUS stores in Tokyo. Rafa-kids is thrilled to have this representative partner on the other site of the world.

Rafa-kids NEW > LOOKBOOK no.1

We are pleased to present our NEW > Rafa-kids > LOOKBOOK NO.1 

made in collaboration with an illustrator an graphic designer Asia Gwis /kawkadesign. 

For a long time we dreamed of having Rafa-kids’ small online book where we can present whole collection,

but we wanted to create something unique ….

I was presenting some of Asia Gwis work on the blog here : Asia Gwis already in 2011

Her playful drawings always appealed to us and that’s why we were so happy when agreed,

to make our First Rafa-kids’ online book! 

Welcome into a magic world of unique little animals playing with Rafa-kids’ furniture. 

We would like to take you into an exited journey  so please Go…and Enjoy ! 

 LOOKBOOK NO.1 

Rafa-kids’ inspiration book will also be available in a PRINT version 

and ready to be taken at Maison & Object Paris fair in September 2015. 

We are preparing much more surprises for you - so Stay tuned!

design : Asia Gwis /kawkadesign

 © Rafa-kids