trad: ecological design for children

Träd, a childrens' piece from designers Josue Gamonal and Vicente Porres, have won the Third María Martínez Otero Industrially-Produced Designer Furniture Award for their design. The first instinct for me when I saw this piece was--MUST HAVE ONE!!! This design stops me in my tracks--truly a must have. Unfortunately, it is still in its development stages. Bravo to the duo!

"Trad is a shelter, a personal space where children carry out their fantasies and games. A place that allows them to feel safe, to learn and to imagine. That enchanted wood where one can dream of heroes and princesses, witches and dragons... and live a thousand and one adventures. The tree, as an icon for wisdom, shelter and playground, symbol of life and growth. Approach to an increasingly absent nature, as a comeback to traditional games, towards imagination development, with no artifices, as a basis for the growth of the child's personal world."

via Yanko Design