Now Make This: 24 DIY Projects by Designers for Kids

Description

24 of the world's leading designers contribute one object each for kids to make themselves For the young makers in the family, this beautifully designed handbook offers 24 unique and practical objects for kids to make and use. Each project features fully-illustrated step-by-step instructions, a photographic list of materials, the approximate cost, timing, and a photograph of the finished product. The 24 contributors range from lauded graphic designers to successful industrial designers, all of whom considered this young audience in the creation of their projects. This unusual and engaging book of activities grants children access to world-class design in their very own homes, and may even inspire a few to become designers themselves!

Thomas Barnthaler is the curator and author of Do It Yourself, published by Phaidon, as well as the design editor of Suddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, the biannual magazine for Germany's largest circulation daily newspaper. He is a father of three, and lives in Munich.

"Exclusive ideas from 24 of the world's leading designers for homebuilding projects, from propeller planes to sweet-wrapper lamps. Kids can follow the step-by-step guides that include time and making costs."--Smallish "[S]omething really special... Like a fabulous Ikea catalogue of crazy ideas that you can make mostly from stuff you've got lying around the house... Get your best making shoes on and have a go! You never know what you'll come up with!"--Read It, Daddy blog