There's been much hullaballoo about this topic, so we ran some polls, and we found that that here at AT:SF, only about half of you are parents.
Over in NY, Maxwell did a very California thing and put the question to referendum: should we scrap this topic completely?
The results were very interesting: many folks said yes, but even more said no. There's much interest in the topic so long as the perspective is about the integration of children into the home, and not just about all the cool trendy design that's available for kids these days.
With that as a guiding light, we plan to blog forward with what we're now calling Kids' Design Month. Wherever possible we'll make it relevant to the broadest portion of AT readers. After all, sometimes kid design is just about bringing in the fun, and that's something most of us like to have in our homes.
As always, tip us to your great kid design ideas and resources, or send us your questions, kid-related or otherwise. Also, we're still trolling flickr for your pics, so if you have something to share with AT:SF, add our tag, apartmenttherapysanfrancisco, and we'll find you there.
being a parent and an interior designer, who works on many a kids' rooms...i vote to keep it going. there is such a stalemate in the area of children's room design concepting. so many people want to go for the 'safe', already seen looks. this is such a creatively, free arena for design and color. and i believe that we all need more!
I may be alone in this opinion, but the new wave of modern furniture for kids is getting on my nerves. Firstly, I think one of the design principles of this style is minimalism... and show me a kid who has minimalist tendencies and I'll... eat my hat.
Yes, I think all the colors and the patterns and the Disneyfying of kids room is equally annoying, but there's a middle ground. I mean, I think it's ironic that the very people who buy Netto and the like are celebrating great design... and yet it somehow feels a bit suffocating to impose this esthetic onto kids. Is it just me?