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A trend I've noticed is a tendency toward beige, dull pastel palettes, soft organic shapes and timber in toys (and clothes) for babies ala montessori. I believe
by ioseph 3y ago
A trend I've noticed is a tendency toward beige, dull pastel palettes, soft organic shapes and timber in toys (and clothes) for babies ala montessori. I believe this is driven by parent's sense of aesthetics opposed to user research.
We've been gifted a bunch of things, by far our daughter is way more into the fluro coloured garish plastic toys that are pointy and make loud noises.
- 878654Tom 3y agoThis phenomenon even has been named "sad beige parenting/room". An overuse of all Instagram/tik tok families of the beige color as beige is the current hype-color. While research shows that babies during their first months/years can mostly only differentiate between bright primary colors.
- nikoraisu 3y agoCertainly one of the things that surprised me most about parenting was having to distinguish between toys that were designed for the children (that are actually fun to play with) vs toys that were designed for the parents (which are aesthetically pleasing but dull as ditchwater to play with)
- apricot13 3y agoDon't forget the third group, dinks (dual income no kids), who buy those toys for home decor! I'm waiting for a sad beige play-fridge to come down in price so I can have it in my kitchen to keep onions and potatoes in!
- com2kid 3y agoThere is actually a lot of discussion around avoiding sensory overload in kids with too many bright flashy toys. That said, you will likely enjoy this short video https://www.tiktok.com/@sadbeige/video/7197135994779340075 https://www.tiktok.com/@sadbeige/video/7197135994779340075 and here is the channel https://www.tiktok.com/discover/werner-herzogs-sad-beige-toys?lang=en https://www.tiktok.com/discover/werner-herzogs-sad-beige-toy...