Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Telegraph Magazine

A nice review of our recent exhibition in Milan in the Sunday Telegraph's design special.
Text reads as follows. Best use of materials Miller Goodman is a design duo that specialises in products for children, from its PlayShapes made from colourful wooden blocks to a series of books made for Tate. Fun though these 'totems' may look, they are part of a series of art pieces that Zoe Miller and David Goodman made from salvaged materials and exhibited at Spazio Rossana Orlandi. The character and expression conveyed with offcuts of wood scraps of tin, old springs and bits of wood is extraordinary. (millergoodman.co.uk)

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Showing at Rossana Orlandi Milan

Wow what an amazing space Rossana Orlandi has and what a treat to be in Milan for design week. We are showing alongside 40 other designers in this beautiful old tie factory.

The work we have done for the exhibition reveals the creative process behind our latest book ‘Faces’, showcasing some of the original pieces made for the book, along with new works. The exhibited sculptures combine re-appropriated objects and old toy parts. Some of the pieces have articulated moving parts, allowing them to be configured in different ways. Also featured is a totem pole made from 196 blocks of ShapeMaker.






Monday, 19 March 2012

FaceMakers have arrived!

Now available from us here and being sent out to our stockists. Explore your creativity and discover thousands of unique faces to be made with these 25 wooden blocks. Will you make the cowboy, the queen or a character only you can imagine? We hope you have fun playing! Please also remember to send in your creations so we can showcase them in our flickr group, link here.






Saturday, 28 January 2012

Milton Glasser Video "Art is work"

'Artists give gifts to culture making us all feel connected.'   'Never lose your capacity for astonishment.' Beautiful man, beautiful mind, beautiful work.


Milton Glaser from Rui Amaral on Vimeo.

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

FaceMaker Product Launch @ Home London and Maison & Objet Paris

Thought we'd share this image of some of our new creations made with our new block toy FaceMaker. All these faces were made with one set. We are super excited to be taking trade orders at Home London 15-17th Jan and Maison & Objet Paris 20-24th Jan. We can't wait to see what faces everyone makes. Another cool thing is that ShapeMaker (our first block toy) and FaceMaker can be combined for even more possibilities.