Many years back, when I visited the National Museum in Delhi, one of the images that I was most impressed by, was the Surya from Konark. I remember being rooted to the ground as I stood in front of the sculpture, admiring every detail, simply unable to walk away. There are various ideas of where the sculpture was placed in the temple, but wherever it was placed, there is no question that it would have drawn all eyes. I remember wondering back then, if this single sculpture was so impressive, how much more impressive the temple would have been! The first thing that struck me about the Konark temple during my first visit, was its size. I have seen huge ancient temples before – the Brihadeeshwara temple and the Kandariya Mahadev temple, to name just two. However, Konark was something else. It was awe-inspiring to even think of just how much larger the original temple would have been, with its main spire intact. So many years later, on my second visit, the size was still impressive, bu...
As a single child, and the only grandson in both my and Shankar's side of the family, Samhith gets all sorts of toys to play with. Being the finicky kind of mom I am, I keep searching for 'something different'. The only toys both Samhith and I have agreed to like are his Thomas the Tank Engine train track sets and all the building blocks we have collected over the years... Of course, for Samhith, his favourites remain the 200 odd plastic animals we have been accumulating since he was born!
My search for toys has, however, not stopped yet, and I was thrilled to see this interesting set developed by a budding toy designer, Nalisha. She is a Visual Communication student and is part of an interactive toy design Lab at Srishti school of design, Bangalore. She writes a blog named 'Little Land' at http://averylittleland.blogspot.com/
Her blog is named after the set of toys designed by her - 'Little Land', and it offers ample scope for kids to showcase their creativity....
Here is what the toy looks like....
This is the base....
and here are the pieces which fit on it.... There are all sorts of shapes based on the set...
These pieces themselves offer a lot of scope for play... you can dress them up like this....
you can choose a set like this.....
Here is the base in the form of a box... which you can use to store the pieces...
And here is the creator with the set as part of an exhibition....
Interesting, wouldn't you say? Now, I wish this set would come in the market soon, so that I could get hold of one for Samhith!
My search for toys has, however, not stopped yet, and I was thrilled to see this interesting set developed by a budding toy designer, Nalisha. She is a Visual Communication student and is part of an interactive toy design Lab at Srishti school of design, Bangalore. She writes a blog named 'Little Land' at http://averylittleland.blogspot.com/
Her blog is named after the set of toys designed by her - 'Little Land', and it offers ample scope for kids to showcase their creativity....
Here is what the toy looks like....
This is the base....
and here are the pieces which fit on it.... There are all sorts of shapes based on the set...
These pieces themselves offer a lot of scope for play... you can dress them up like this....
you can choose a set like this.....
or like this....
Here is the base in the form of a box... which you can use to store the pieces...
And here is the creator with the set as part of an exhibition....
Interesting, wouldn't you say? Now, I wish this set would come in the market soon, so that I could get hold of one for Samhith!
interesting..as a kid and even now, my favourite toys are the little rubber and plastic animals we used to get with binaca..what great branding it used to be..shd do a post on it sometimes
ReplyDeleteIf I gave this to Chhavi she will promptly start chewing at the pieces.
ReplyDeleteIf I gave this to Chhavi she will promptly start chewing at the pieces.
ReplyDeletenice nice :)
ReplyDelete@Lakshmi: there's nothing to compare with those small things we get free... and the fun is in not knowing what exactly we will get!
ReplyDelete@Mridula: i guess she will, but just for a while.... once she gets over it, I am sure she will come up with interesting things... Samhith did the same...
@Aarti: i thought u would like it, being a designer yourself!
Good creativity!!!
ReplyDeleteThe set looks interesting..Liked the box underneath to store them too. Very neat idea.
ReplyDelete@Chitra: yes, it is... which is why i decided to post this...
ReplyDelete@Jayasree: absolutely!!!
My children have outgrown these, but never the less a great posy and a great link given. Love the shots.
ReplyDeleteVery creative, I can see lots of European kids playing with little land too! Many thanks for posting. All the Best from Rome, Italy.
ReplyDeleteWow that was a very interesting toy, You are so creative.
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Thanks! Hope the creator reads this too!
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