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News & Stories — 27. January 2023

Writing utensils and notebooks are where the aesthetics & functionality release creativity.

We encourage unlimited play with design classics by Peer Clahsen and Alma Siedhoff-Buscher, in the style of art education, produced to perfection by Kurt Naef.

Good and consistent from the very beginning: Educational toys from the Fröbel pedagogy's laboratory of ideas are an indispensable part of the Edu Toys, which have long since established themselves worldwide not only in kindergartens and children's rooms, but also have a firm place among collectors in design exhibitions and museums.

For showcases and "only as a design object" that's not too bad, right?

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Thanks to Friedrich Fröbel's work, Germany has been an important pioneer of the idea of learning through play, but only the playful Japanese have been scientifically researching EDU -TOY for generations.

The connection between learning and playing has had little importance in my so-called apprenticeship years, but as an artist one knows very well how playful a process has to be in order to enable useful solutions.

Music wouldn't be conceivable without word play. Aging researchers have recognized that making music up until old age is an effective form of brain training and it is time to make the various cross-connections better known. Whether with sporty games, or the popular Sodoku, whether with house music, or in model construction workshops, there's an element of productive play everywhere.