bObles

Under the name bObles, the sisters Bolette and Louise Blædel have created a series of multifunctional children’s furniture, which has not only swept the international design world, but also turned the development of children’s motor skills into play.

When the designer Bolette Blædel was on maternity leave with her first son, she soon discovered the scarcity of children’s furniture that encourages play, creativity and physical exercise, while at the same time satisfying her preference for good, Danish design. With her sister, the fashion designer Louise Blædel, she therefore conceived the idea of creating a series of multifunctional furniture that children want to play with and adults want to bring into their sitting room.

Today, the result is a group of animals, each with its own shape and numerous functions, e.g. an elephant, which one moment can be used for riding and the next be turned into a boat, a table or a rocking footstool. bObles’ furniture is not only striking design objects in bright colours and geometric shapes – it also gives children a unique opportunity to develop their motor function and understanding of their own body, while playing and using their imagination.

Bolette and Louise Blædel has seen their Tumbling Animals featured by the exclusive lifestyle magazine Milk and achieved the dream of any designer when they received the stamp of approval by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which included bObles in their shop as one of the finest examples of modern Danish design right now.