August 02, 2013

Wooden blocks for type lovers


I've still got boxes to unpack, but I couldn't resist taking a few minutes to play. Wooden toy company Uncle Goose recently offered to send me a complimentary set of their hand-manufactured Big and Tall blocks. Initially I declined since I don't have babies and I don't like pastel colors. They assured me these would be less wooden toy and more "décor couture." And when I heard they were designed in collaboration with type foundry House Industries, I said sign me up.

Look what arrived on my doorstep: Orange. Patterns. Lettering. The craftsmanship and printing on the blocks is flawless. I got strangely addicted to moving these around, stacking and restacking. At least I have one shelf in my yet-to-be-unpacked office that's happy to look at! The blocks are perfect with my Blanca Gomez Typographer print, right?

The 20-block set will be available sometime this month; check the Uncle Goose shop for details.


9 comments:

  1. Sure... we take off and what do you do but start playing?! Ha! Back to work now for you... and back on the road for us.....

    Miss you already!
    Mum

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  2. Enjoy! Like the old commercial said, "You deserves a break today!"

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  3. So happy you're back! hope you're settling in ok.

    Best
    Joan

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  4. Very cool! Blocks for adults! ;) We all need to have a little fun in our lives!

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  5. WOW! Those blocks are awesome. We have the Uncle Goose alphabet blocks for our little girl, and they are beautiful in their own right, but these are fabulously grown-up.

    glad you're settling in!
    ~Natalie

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  6. Those are so lovely that I don't even have a little one and I would order them as Knicks knacks. Big hearts to design conscious kids toys.

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