#childrens-furniture

#childrens-furniture

If you've found yourself infatuated with a crib or toddler bed in the last 20 years, chances are they were designed by Oeuf. The Brooklyn-based lifestyle brand is the brainchild of Sophie Demenge and Michael Ryan, a couple who have been making things together since meeting on a city sidewalk at 2 am outside a furniture fair party. Sophie, who grew up in Paris, was at the time about to graduate with a degree in industrial design from Pratt Institute,

In the pantheon of iconic chair design, the focus has long been squarely on the grown-ups. However, a few greats turned their attention to children. Thonet broke ground in the kids' furniture market in the late 1800s when his company added kid-sized cane chairs as well as high chairs to its catalog, bringing small design to a mass market. In the early 20th century, Marcel Breuer and Alvar Aalto created miniature versions of their existing pieces.