A beautiful metal tea set with illustrations by Suzy Ultman. It consists of a musical teapot, 4 cups and saucers, 4 dessert plates and a tray. Musical teapot? Yes, when you tilt it – for example, when pouring tea, it starts playing the melody of the song "Happy Birthday to You." Everything is packed in a cardboard suitcase, making this set perfect for a picnic. Suitable from 3 years. Main features: contains 14 piecesoriginal Suzy Ultman design metal dishesthe teapot contains a wind-up music box Since childhood, Suzy Ultman has been creating toys and books for her family and friends. A natural storyteller, Suzy is also an illustrator, product designer, toy maker and book creator. She mainly creates sophisticated and simple objects that inspire and delight young and old. Suzy grew up in Pennsylvania, but her life and work have taken her on journeys around the world, not just as a tourist. She has lived in cities from Los Angeles to Portland, across the sea in Amsterdam and then back in Boston. Suzy's insights from these places significantly influence her work, whether it's about embellishing your library or decorating a children's room, Suzy's products come from the small details of our inner world that can make us laugh, that connect us with people all over the world. When she's not folding paper, designing textiles or creating toys in her workshop, you can find her in antique shops looking for treasures, at the flea market, or in nature.
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For over 100 years, VILAC has been fulfilling children's dreams. The French brand VILAC, as the flagship of the French industry for the production of wooden toys, is located deep in the heart of the Jura Mountains, surrounded by mountains, lakes and forests. Since 1911, VILAC has been producing wooden toys hand in hand with traditional manufacturing, modern trends, adaptable economics and an emphasis on ecology. The toys are made from wood sourced from sustainably managed forests, respecting biodiversity and with a strong emphasis on environmentally friendly technologies. VILAC prefers short routes for wood delivery. It uses local wood and ensures that a new tree is planted for every tree felled. Because today we can no longer ignore the challenges of environmental problems, VILAC is committed to defending our planet. After all, a river consists of many small drops. Therefore, VILAC continues its environmentally friendly activities.
VILAC also follows in the footsteps of the old turning factories that once made the region famous: craftsmen lovingly turned, smoothed, sanded, lacquered and decorated wood in their workshop in the Jura mountains. Beech, hornbeam, alder or boxwood from the surrounding French forests are used; this wood guarantees the specificity and quality of production. There are so many stories about these craftsmen who love their craft and have managed to pass it on. In fact, not much has changed in the last 110 years, and that's quite reassuring. The gestures are almost the same, the noise of the machines, the sounds of carving and painting wood create the same melody. Above all, the workshop still smells of beech wood chips, which evoke old memories. If the company does not have the know-how for some toys in France, it manufactures them abroad, where it applies the same quality requirements. In production, it eliminates the use of all plastic parts except when necessary for the safety of children. And this also applies to product packaging. VILAC applies high quality and safety requirements to the production of toys both in France and in other foreign countries.
VILAC collaborates in the production of toys with talented illustrators, artists and designers who create wooden toys with original designs and often decorative elements that add a touch of authenticity and naturalness not only to the children's room. These artists adapt their visual world to traditional wooden toys: pop culture with Keith Haring, poetry with Michelle Carlsund, retro with Ingela P. Arrhenius, Suzy Ultman's eye for detail and others. Each generation can find something to marvel at in their creations. VILAC is constant
