We were excited to see ourselves mentioned on RetroToGo – they liked the Paperpod Rocket’s “Space Age” appeal and featured it on their site! Browsing around their site, there are some rather fantastic things to admire – I loved the ClothKits and Minimoderns collaboration Ruby Photo Skirt Kit, for example, by two of my favourite designers. This takes a Minimoderns design using vintage photos and a skirt kit made by Clothkits: all you have to do is sew it up! I have to admit that I have a Clothkits Skirt kit sitting rather shamingly in its box as I am scared to start cutting and sewing it – it features a beautiful print by Rob Ryan, another of my favourite designers, and I don’t want to mess it up – but looking at this skirt, I’m thinking it’s time to get started.

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Last Sunday Mimimyne exhibited at Kids.Modern, where we met lots of kids and their parents and generally had a lovely time. The Paperpod Den, painted in a Magritte style with a blue sky, apple and bowler hat by my friend Amanda, a scenic painter, was a huge hit as was the Paperpod Aeroplane in the style of Juan Miro. Lots of children tried out the Splat Chair and spent a lot of time in our Den or drawing at the Little Genius tables belonging to Arash and Kelly‘s stand next door (blackboard paint seems to be a theme at the show, we had our Chalkboards and Arash and Kelly had a whole blackboard stand where children could write and draw). The Teenytini range was also very popular on my stand.  I had time to nip upstairs to visit Suzi of Twisted Twee, who had brought all her funky kids and babies’ T-shirts, and I also admired the Billy Rocker cardboard rocking horse, the fantastic Shapemaker by Miller Goodman and the Iain Childs toy boxes from some of the other stands. There were great designers, a puppet show and a barbecue, it really was a perfect event for kids and families.

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A great time was had by all at the East London Design Show. The Mimimyne stand was made up to look like a garden, with an astroturf floor, apples hanging from the ceiling and blue sky walls. The mannequins dressed in clothes by Teenytini looked charming and the cardboard aeroplane by Paperpod, Splat Chair by Spinifex and furnishings by Naomi Dean attracted a lot of attention. Best sellers were the Mums Bag and My Bag by Carry-a-bag!

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Green Familia mention our Paperpod Recycled Fort and says it would be a great Christmas present. “Dare I say it? Oh why not, I started my preliminary Xmas list last night!!! Each year it gets longer and longer, so this morning when I should have been working I was actually sussing out a few pressie ideas…”. She recommends the Paperpod Toy Fort, made out of recycled (and recyclable) cardboard as a “great idea for a pressie”. Read on

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