MillerGoodman featured in the weekend magazine of the Dutch newspaper NRC,
curated by Piet Hein Eek this week.
Wooden toys
David Goodman and Zoe Miller together form the business MillerGoodman, situated
in Brighton, England. The’re funny and touching, the figures Goodman and Milller showed last year, on invitation by Piet Hein Eek at the Dutch Design Week. They’re all unique pieces, something in the middle of sculptures and toys, composed with new parts and objects from flee markets.
“I love old stuff that holds its own story”, Zoe Miller says. “Toys you love last longer and therefore is more durable. Moreover toys make memories.” David Goodman:”Our children must not only play on an iPad. It’s a whole different experience to grab physical objects, stack them and play with them.”
Both these sculptures as the wooden toys MillerGoodman produces in edition, arise from their partnership with the Tate museum in London, for whom they made three childrensbooks. The books inspired them to also design toys. Everytime it’s about loose wooden blocks, from where shapes are composed. Designs on the border of art, sculpture and toys, more likely to find in a shop for interior design rather than a toy shop.
Goodman:”We’re doing research now, how to make our toys more affordable without producing it in plastic in China.” Miller:”We hope the user, child or adult, will play with the artistic freedom of an artist. Wo don’t offer a completed process but a system you can make you own. People often send us pictures of what they’ve created with our toys. We call it Open-ended play.”
“I love old stuff that holds its own story”, Zoe Miller says. “Toys you love last longer and therefore is more durable. Moreover toys make memories.” David Goodman:”Our children must not only play on an iPad. It’s a whole different experience to grab physical objects, stack them and play with them.”
Both these sculptures as the wooden toys MillerGoodman produces in edition, arise from their partnership with the Tate museum in London, for whom they made three childrensbooks. The books inspired them to also design toys. Everytime it’s about loose wooden blocks, from where shapes are composed. Designs on the border of art, sculpture and toys, more likely to find in a shop for interior design rather than a toy shop.
Goodman:”We’re doing research now, how to make our toys more affordable without producing it in plastic in China.” Miller:”We hope the user, child or adult, will play with the artistic freedom of an artist. Wo don’t offer a completed process but a system you can make you own. People often send us pictures of what they’ve created with our toys. We call it Open-ended play.”
Translation by Noël Sannen, via Facebook ; thank you Noël !
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