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1. Wagon No. 1 by Welcome

   

   

   Designed by Wel­come, avail­able at IKO IKO:

   “Our newest friend in the store can be your new friend, too. A ‘carry all’ on wheels, Wagon No. 1, with cus­tom designed metal frame with full swivel axle (easy steer­ing), clas­sic can­vas mason bag with nat­ural leather fas­ten­ers and leash, pow­der coated for long last­ing weather protection.

   What can you not take in this? Go to the farmer’s mar­ket with it, trans­port stuff from room to room, take it on a pic­nic, store your cur­rent read­ing list in it. The func­tions are end­less and the form is perfect.”

   via you have been here sometime

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2. Summer Inspiration

   

   

   Here’s a peek at some of the posts I’m con­tribut­ing to Joanna Goddard’s lovely blog A Cup of Jo while she takes a well-earned mater­nity leave. Con­grat­u­la­tions, Joanna!

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3. Modern Soapbox Racer

   

   

   

   Joyride by Per Brol­und is a cart con­struc­tion kit for par­ents with chil­dren between 3 an 9 years old. No tools are nec­es­sary to assem­ble the kit and it can be eas­ily dis­as­sem­bled for con­ve­nient flat-pack storage.

   Cool idea, unfor­tu­nately just a con­cept at this point.

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4. Dreamy Springtime Ride

   

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5. Reinventing the Gypsy Caravan

   

   

   Tonka Campers, cre­ated by Dutch doc­u­men­tary film­maker Maarten Van Soest (and named after Maarten’s daugh­ter), offer a refresh­ing take on dis­pos­able travel. They are obso­lete already, in the best pos­si­ble way, and mature rather than date.

   Eschew­ing the typ­i­cal molded plas­tic and vinyl, they are hand-built in a vil­lage in the south of the Nether­lands using tra­di­tional meth­ods and mate­ri­als. Rus­tic lux­ury awaits on the inside, with pol­ished mahogany fit­tings, teak floors, porce­lain sinks, chrome faucets and glass windows.

   In as lit­tle as 15 min­utes, the camper unit can be removed from the vehi­cle, allow­ing for place­ment in a gar­den as a guest cot­tage or inspi­ra­tional workplace.

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