Aren’t these just the cutest placemats ever?! I knew the first time I saw them that I needed to find an excuse to use them. These pop-up placemats come with 4 characters per set and coordinating reposition-able vinyl stickers so little ones will spend more time playing with their mat than their food! Each one includes an activity area on the back as well. Choose from Hello Robot, Hello Me, Hello Jungle or maybe all three!

There’s nothing I love more than seeing good design for all ages. I was thrilled to find out that Hello Hanna is a company co-owned by Anne Schultz and Jina Choi. Both are mothers and designers with a strong focus in early childhood development. I recently discovered that Anne used to work for the company that I am at now so it was fun to chat and compare notes. I’m so excited to see what these two come up with in the future and wish them both continued success. To learn more about this great team and to purchase your own set of mats be sure to check out Hello Hanna.

This is a cool new trend I’ve been noticing: Tape as a design element. I particularly love this because it’s both functional AND cool! Here is an wonderful example of incorporating the tape into a broader design. This is from a great Norwegian design frim called Heydays.

Heydays via ffffound