All posts by Gallery

Building Blocks

This 60 piece starter set from Haba is made in Germany of solid, natural, untreated beech wood.


The basic building block is a 1.5 inch cube (4x4x4 cm). All the other shapes are derived from this cube. The rectangles and columns are either two, three, or several times the length of the cube. The triangular block is the cube diagonally divided. This means the various shapes easily combine while building.

The largest rectangular blocks are 12x4x4 cm and 16x2x4 cm. The smallest rectangular block is 4x4x2 cm. The cylinder that is 2cm diameter by 4cm length.

There is also this 102 piece set


Froebelia ™ are low cost items with artistic qualities for you to browse online and order for yourself or as gifts for friends.

Bauhaus

Once upon a time there was a school not far from the Black Forest  .   .   .

Designed in 1923 by Josef Hartwig, these chessmen have characteristically reduced forms which are symbols based purely on the function and form of the maneuver of each piece. Cubes, cylinders and spheres lead you move by move to checkmate.

For over 60 years the Naef brand of Switzerland has been synonymous with quality, safety, and customer loyalty.


Gropius blocks – never the same twice. The unique form of the block, repeated 12 times in the set, allows for endless combinations and constructions.

Architectural block based on Bauhaus and Walter Gropius' work
Architectural block based on Bauhaus and Walter Gropius’ work

Froebelia ™ are low cost items with artistic qualities for you to browse online and order for yourself or as gifts for friends.


Bauhaus style still emanates vitality. As a school that strove to combine applied art with both the fine arts and technology, the Bauhaus movement has outlasted other trends in architecture and design.

Fred Voss

PYROM designed by Fred Voss, lets you experience the fascinating beauty of geometry and design, all while playing. Countless shapes, structures and designs await the creative child. 40 building blocks in red, black and unstained colors. The game’s base has four square buidling panels in a square frame. On this base, you lay, shape and build endless variations with the beautifully finished blocks. The blocks themselves are based on rhombic dodecahedrons.

  • Beautiful Construction
  • 40 Building Blocks and endless design combinations
  • Build flat or go vertical!


Ponte is both a modern design piece and construction toy designed by Fred Voss. Each of the eight high quality modular pieces receives a precision lacquered finish unlike any other in the toy and game industry. For over 60 years the ” Naef ” brand of Switzerland has been synonymous with quality, safety, and customer loyalty.



ponte

Argon designed by Fred Voss in 1968 is a cube divided a into eight blocks. Many variations of constructions can be produced with the disassembled cube. The colorful parts fit on top of and into each other, so that a multitude of compositions are possible.

agonnaefcube01

Froebelia ™ are low cost items with artistic qualities for you to browse online and order for yourself or as gifts for friends.

Man Ray Chess Set

Man Ray Chess
The lifelong friendship of Man Ray with avid chess player and fellow artist Marcel Duchamp led to his chess piece design. Man Ray sought to use pure geometric forms associated historically and figuratively with the pieces they represent King piece represents the Egyptian king’s pyramid. Queen piece represents the medieval queen’s conical headdress. Bishop piece represents a flask for the concocting of healing liqueurs. Knight piece based on a favorite form, the carved scroll found on a violin.

Chess pieces and Chess board made of solid Beech wood in Germany under license with the Man Ray Trust.

Froebelia ™ are low cost items with artistic qualities for you to browse online and order for yourself or as gifts for friends.

It all starts with a block

How a child learns to learn will impact his or her life forever

Buy maple blocks made in the United States from FAS quality, knot free Michigan and Indiana maple hardwood. Blocks are rounded on the long edges and sanded and softened on the ends and corners. Tolerances are within .01 inches. All shapes are a fraction of the standard unit block of 1-3/8 by 2-3/4 by 5-1/2 inches, the generally accepted standard for schools, preschools, and kindergartens.

The more children actively participate in their own education, the more they get out of it.

Tote bag

Buy online now

10 oz heavyweight natural canvas fabric
Full side and bottom gusset
22″ reinforced self-fabric handles
Measures 15″ x 18″ x 6″
Machine washable

Tote bag with images of Friedrich Froebel and the first Kindergarten at Bad Blankenburg

toteback

Froebelia ™ are low cost items with artistic qualities for you to browse online and order for yourself or as gifts for friends.

Stackable mug set

Buy online now

Four ceramic mugs to the set, each has a slightly-pinched base so they stack perfectly together (just place one on top of the other for convenient storage). With an outside that’s retro-white, the set features four mugs (each one is printed with the same design). On the inside, you’ll find that each mug has a different eye-catching color: Avocado, Sunflower, Sky blue, and Papaya.

Holds 13 ounces
Durable ceramic
Microwave safe
Dishwasher safe (use top rack)

stackablemugs

Froebelia ™ are low cost items with artistic qualities for you to browse online and order for yourself or as gifts for friends.