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Greg Ball, designer and MoCo contributor, is having a baby (congrats!). Says Greg, "my studio work changes and evolves alongside the ones that life presents me. Since Jenn and I are expecting our first baby in May, I’ve been thinking alot about our first newborn, environmental design, and design’s influence on all of us- beginning the moment we are born. As an expecting father, and now a potential consumer of many baby products, I have become keenly aware of limited options for expecting parents to find good creative design. In response, I have developed a new concept called: x-crib. Inspired by the many man-made boundaries that limit and restrain us in life, x-crib takes a humorous approach to confining and protecting our children from harm. Taking visual cues from livestock, and barbed wire fences, the x-shaped motif visually encourages our young to stay in the crib. Using sex-neutral colors, the design is intended for girls and boys.". x-crib is a 3D render for now and may be a prototype this Spring.
The design is pretty cool but as proud father of 3 kids I see this cradle a little dangerous because it will be very easy for the baby (when he grows) climb it and try to jump outside.
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Yeah, when I was little I'd have been out of that in no time!
It also seems kind of confining for the baby inside with so much material compared to the open spaces on the sides... Won't they feel like they're in a shipping container?
congratulations on your growing new person!
this is great!
i'm looking forward to seeing more of your designs!
It's nice to see some thought go into improving everyday baby furniture. It really is slim pickings for decent styles. Good on ya.
Thanks for all the comments and emails on my crib design concept. This kind of feedback is helpful.
This is a sharp lookin crib, BUT the small openings and upward angles of the design pose safety issues. Clothes, buttons and buckles could get snagged in the small openings and could hook on the upward angles of the X.
Cool design, something as you say, sadly missing in the world of children furniture and playthings, were good quality designer stuff is hard to come by (I am myself looking for a non-cottagey garden play house that does not seem to exist).
But, as other reviewers noted, the angles of the X would pose safety issues. The crib is too close, and seems not to allow the baby a look at the outside when lying down, which is rather claustrophobic. And the colour palette is not conductive to good sleeping habits, which believe me, are rather a plus!