The winners are….

The happy numbers are 3 and 4.  

3 belongs to 10 srok so the balloons will fly to you! 

4 belongs to MUS  , so the book is yours!         

Congratulation! I will contact you for the address. Thank you so much to all of you for taking part in my first giveaway. It was great to read all your comments! It looks like I have a small niche with artistic spirits around me! Greetings to all of you. Agata

Zwycięskimi numerami zostały 3 i 4. Pod numerem 3 kryje się 10 srok to do Ciebie poleca baloniki! Po numeren 4 kryje sie MUS i to do niej zostanie wysłana książeczka. Gratuluję i za chwilkę zgłuszę się po adres. Dziękuje wszystkim z całego serca za komentarze i ujawnienie rąbka tajemnicy o sobie. Mam wrażenie, ze stworzyliśmy tutaj małą artystyczna nisze. Postaram się dalej wyszukiwać dla Was ciekawe i  inspirujące tematy. Pozdrawiam wszystkich serdecznie. Agata

Black&White - AVAroom and FermLiving

Today just some black&white inspiration for a children room. 

Great Wallstickers from ferm-living.com and a bunk bed from avaroom.fi out Finland.

Don't forget - tomorrow is the last day of my giveaway! 

Have a nice day. 

Collect furniture – Danish design for children

What a great boy's room from Denmark! It is always a chalange to design a small room. The big bed above, the cupboard under, nice shelfs under the stairs, and there is still space to play! The project was made by Danish company Collect furniture, and made by kbhsnedker. They are making amazing kichens and other house furniture. Just check the craftsmanship! here :www.kbhsnedkeri.dk

COLLECT furniture is a young Danish company focusing on furniture for children. The same company also designed the chair/table to see on the photo. Their new design for a bed will be launched in 2012. For more great furniture have a look here : www.collectfurniture.dk

Hallo Sunday

I found this project on the dos family blog the-family-picture-tour, and I like it a lot.

So let me introduce my family ,  from the left :

Robert, Arek, Franek and Agata, and now you know why this blog is RaFa  ;-)

Have a nice Sunday. 

100 posts - Giveaway

I was with you, already for 100 times. Some days there are 100 people coming by to see Rafa-kids. I think it is a great opportunity, to get to know each of you better. I’m curious about my secret spys. So here it goes, my first giveaway:

I thought I will give you : 1/ something to celebrate – a set of Japanese colourful balloons! but also a polish book, “Fashion” with a great illustrations of Katarzyna Bogucka. You probably already noticed I’m a big fun of polish illustrators and graphic designers. It can be a nice inspiration, not only for polish readers.

 What do you have to do? 1/ Just write a comment below 2/ tell me few words about yourself, 3/ select which gift would you like to get. On the next Friday the 16th (open till 19.00) I will pick up randomly with my son two winners. Have fun!

Dzisiaj po raz 100 jestem tu z Wami. Są dni gdy do Rafa kids zagląda prawie 100 osób. Chciałabym Was poznać. Proszę, ujawnijcie się! Z tej okazji podaruje Wam prezenty. Ponieważ nie wiem zbyt dobrze kto do mnie zagląda, pomyślałam, że podaruję Wam :

1/ kolekcję japońskich baloników i 2/ piękną książeczkę “Moda”",  z ilustracjami Katarzyny Boguckiej. Ci którzy zaglądają tu często zapewne zauważyli, że jestem wielkim fanem polskiej ilustracji ;-)

Co wystarczy zrobić?

1/ Zostawić komentarz, 2/ Napisać coś o sobie, 3/ Wybrać który prezent chcielibyście otrzymać.  Za tydzień, w piątek 16.09 (będzie otwarte do godziny 19.00 )  wylosuję z moim synkiem, dwóch szczęśliwców. Miłej zabawy.

Upon a Fold - paper heaven from Japan

' Junzo Terada, a Japanese illustrator and designer, is the creator of this fun collection of illustrated animal sculptures. His Magical Menagerie includes 20 different animals, each beautifully illustrated by Junzo, and ready to be popped out and slotted together – no scissors or glue required! .'

I came across this amazing australian based web shop, and I just couldn't  leave it! It is a heaven for people who love paper and Japanese design. Justine, (the owner of the shop) is  a graphic designer, and has a great passion for paper and collecting  paper goodness mainly from Japan. She said: 

' I’m still busy cutting, folding and finding inspiration from paper artists and engineers. Whenever I come across a beautiful object made of paper I wish I had a place to put it on show for all to see and enjoy. So, ta-da, 

here it is… Upon a Fold.' uponafold.com.

Toy – Plus and Minus by Bruno Munari

Bruno Munari was an Italian artist and designer, who contributed fundamentals to many fields of visual arts (painting, sculpture, film, industrial design, graphic design) and non visual arts (literature, poetry) with his research on games, didactic methods and creativity.

I got this great game, Plus and Minus, in a Balouga shop this weekend. It's a reprint of a Bruno Munari and Giovanni Belgrano collaborative game originally produced in 1970. The game consists of 72 cards, 48 of which have transparent backgrounds. The cards can be use to create new images and, "stimulate the child’s creative capacities" - the more the layers, the more complex the image. I know lots of adults that would enjoy this game as much as any child !

More about it here : corraini.it

Bruno Munari is also a designer of this amaizing bed.

You can read it about here abitacolo

Children shop in Paris - Balouga

Balouga is a small shop in Paris. A paradise for design classics and modern high quality objects for children. You can find here a big collection of chairs, and furniture. There is plenty of decoration for children rooms, and small design objects from famous designers like: Bruno Munari, Enzo Mari, Chalse en Rey Eems, Hary Bertoia and many others. The shop itself was for me a bit disappointing. With its really small, cramped space it does not give the justice to all this amazing objects, but the selection of things is definitely really impressive.

You can see it on internet  here www.balouga.com/

I bought there really special Plus and Minus game , from Bruno Monari, which I will show you later….

 photos from the shop - RaFa kids, the rest from the Balouga website.

Webshop – La Cerise sur Le Gateau

Paris, Paris….

I’m on my way to you! I’m going to celebrate my 10th wedding aniversary there,

this weekend. No kids ;-) just me and my beloved husband…

photos from great webshop – La Cerise sur Le Gateau….from Paris

Have a nice weekend!

Soft – fairandcute and Sukha Amsterdam

 Today just some relaxing and soft inspirations….in white and grey.

http://www.fairandcute.nl/   /    http://www.sukha-amsterdam.nl/