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DollsVilla by Liliane® design at home

     
 

The Dutch design DollsVilla by Liliane®. "Oh wow! No plastic, no pink, no shapeless design that takes kids for idiots… Just a simple and clean design, that helps kids to learn something we should all instil: less is more. Sharp details." Architect Marianne Charbonneau | Bing Bang Pouf Canada. The original, handmade [gender neutral] DollsVilla by Liliane® from 1997/1998 is part of the permanent museum collection of the Museum Children's World in Roden, the Netherlands.

 

At home, the [gender neutral] DollsVilla is not only fun for the whole family, but it is educational for parents. By listening to their children’s stories and watching their movements, children’s developmental phases emerge.

 
     
 

DollsVilla by Liliane® To observe children in their own world | words To help people with all types of dementia maintain a sense of well-being and/or relieve episodes of anxiety  To communicate with children, including those with visual or hearing impairment To elicit spontaneous speech To encourage contact with peers and doctors For therapeutic play Handy format for multiple and | or physically limited kids - rehabilitation To prepare children for surgery and recovery - roleplay To stimulate the social-emotional development To relax during a medical consultation To observe the parent – child interaction To support diagnostics and treatment To stimulate group play For the processing of hospitalization and traumatic experiences related to the hospital For happy, joyful play.

 
     
 
Unique elements of the DollsVilla by Liliane®:
  Made for large Dolls and cuddle toys 30 cm], and for their cars, horses, bicycles, skateboards [carramp]
  Child high play furniture on wheels [with foot brakes] with 7 play areas
  Stimulates spontaneous role play, solitary and group play, the social-emotional and language development
  Gender neutral, for boys and girls
  Storage unit for accessories [drawers and wall shelves]
  Handy size of the parts also for those with less refined motor skills
  Design style
  Sustainable play furniture
  “This is the Bentley among the world's dolls houses!" - Guido Tielman Dutch consul-general Chongqing.
   
  DollsVilla by Liliane® to house their most important emotions.
 
     
 
     
     
     
 
 
 

 

   
   

by Liliane Limpens February 13, 2025

DOLLSVILLA TO A POLISH DOLL

A DollsVilla toilet is on its way to a Polish doll. A mother in Kórnik, near Poznań, discovers this Dutch design piece of furniture.

 
She is going to use it as a training tool to playfully toilet-train her son > 3 years old. If he lets his favorite cuddly toy discover the toilet, it is of course a small step to himself.
 
The water closet has a plexiglass lid, children love the clacking sound. Part of the DollsVilla by Liliane®.
 
 
To house their most important emotions.
 
 
 
 

 

   
   

by Liliane Limpens February 11, 2025

THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS...

Certainly, also a high-quality home for the children of the children [their favorite dolls]. That is where the transmission of love begins.

 
 
To house their most important emotions.
 
 
 
 

 

   
   

by Kimberley November 14, 2024

DOLLSVILLA FOR FAMILY GENERATIONS

US Saint Charles [Missouri] - Grandmother Kimberley: “I would like to order this doll house for my granddaughter. I bought a DollsVilla in 2022 for my daughter's daughter and i want to purchase now for my son's daughter. This gift has been a joy for my grandchild and I want the other to have the same experience.”

 

“This is an heirloom my granddaughters can pass to her children. So very well made. Easy to put together, only took 2 of us in 2022 and less then 2 hours. Its wonderful.”

 

“On the photo our first granddaughter with one of your dollhouses in 2022. She is 4 years old now and still loves it very much. The first photo she is squealing at her reflection in the mirror and babbling to herself and the second photo she is pretending to wash her hands.”

 

“The DollsVilla is coming my way, I am so thrilled. You spread joy to children all over the world ❤️ #Respectfully

 
 
 
To house their most important emotions.
 
 
 
 

 

   
   

by Liliane October 28, 2024

DOLLSVILLA FOR GENERATIONS

The DollsVilla by Liliane® [1999] is proven to be durable. Generations can play with it to their heart's content. Its power described compactly:

 

 

 
To house their most important emotions.
 
 
 
 

 

   
   

by Liliane Limpens September 19, 2024

 
NEW SUPPLIER DOLLSVILLA
 

Jindl [2020] starts selling the DollsVilla by Liliane®. Jindl's beautiful, low-stimulus product range is Monterssori-minded and consists of handmade climbing frames, outdoor products, high-quality children's furniture and toys. For home and childcare. Designed with the design DNA.

 

"Wow! This large dollhouse is a hit with children. Not only because of its size, but also because of the enormous possibilities. It is therefore not without reason that we call this dollhouse a DollsVilla."

 

"The professional DollsVilla by Liliane® on wheels (with brake) is the sustainable home for dolls up to 30 cm tall, cuddly toys and of course for cars. This gender-neutral dollhouse has a beautiful design and there is a clear philosophy behind it."

 

"Playing with the DollsVilla is playing with wood. Children can feel, smell and see this beautiful natural product. The DollsVilla is the domain of the children. They decide what happens here. Completely in their own way. This way they are able to make up the best stories and experience the most beautiful adventures together with the dolls. The doll house is nice and spacious and is completely complete."
 
 
To house their most important emotions.
 
 
 
 

 

   
   

by Sabrina September 17,2024

 
DOLLSVILLA A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ART

Aspen Colorado - "What a beautiful piece of art

Thank you so very much for the sending. I actually managed to built the DollsVilla last Friday. Our daughter turned 8, want to surprise her with it this Saturday." - Sabrina, a US buyer of the Dutch DollsVilla by Liliane®.

 
 
 
To house their most important emotions.
 
 
 
 

   
 
   

by Liliane Limpens February 6,i 2024, photo's Bianca Sijsenaar

 

Roden - Province Drenthe in the Netherlands

 

DOLLSVILLA IN DUTCH MUSEUM

 

The original, handmade DollsVilla by Liliane® from 1997/1998, a design by Liliane Limpens, has been part of the permanent collection of the Toy Museum Roden [1969], near Groningen in the Netherlands, since 2019. The museum has the largest collection of toys in the Netherlands, focuses on the importance of playing for all generations and is a popular place for primary school excursions, among other things.

 
 

Children can actively play [together] in the museum café with a DollsVilla from a production series.

 

"Children still play with the DollsVilla every day." - Jantina van der Broek, director/manager Toy Museum Roden and director of the Havezate Mensinge museum on February 6, 2024.

 

Former museum curator Mara Bosboom: "This way the children can see the development of a prototype into its final market form."

 
 
To house their most important emotions.  
 
 
 
 

 

   
   

by Nouska Lekkerkerker-de Bruijn January 18, 2024

 
DOLLSVILLA IN LIBRARY
 

"Yesterday we came across your beautiful DollsVilla in our library in s‑Gravenzande! My daughter has been wanting to go to that library lately instead of to Monster (where we live), my husband said.

 

And I get it, because the DollsVilla is so beautiful! As a little girl I would probably have liked this just as much as my daughter did. So beautifully finished and laid out, like those drawers. I think the concept really deserves all my compliments! It's also great that you use it widely, such as for healthcare and social purposes. Love".

 
Nouska Lekkerkerker-de Bruijn, mom and entrepreneur parenting and play coach at 'Spelen met spikkels.’
 
To house their most important emotions
   
 
   
 
 
 
   

by Liliane Limpens December 9, 2022

 

DOLLSVILLA IN ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM

 

Exhibition of the DollsVilla at the exhibition Playing Architecture - the game for the city in ARCAM, the Architecture Center Amsterdam, from December 10, 2022 to May 28, 2023.

 

Dollhouses are one of the oldest and best-known types of building games, but the examples in this exhibition transcend outdated paradigms to illustrate aspects of society that aren't represented in traditional dollhouses.

 
 

The exhibition raises awareness of the messages and representations contained in architectural games – in a positive and negative sense – and invites you to directly experience their potential through play, including with the DollsVilla by Liliane®.

 

 

 

Curator Mélanie van der Hoorn, author of Serious Fun: Architecture & Games (2022). Design Dafne Wiegers, architect AHH.

 
   
 
 
 

 

   
   

by Liliane Limpens December 8, 2023

 
DOLLSVILLA FOR CHRISTMAS IN UK
 

A DollsVilla for Christmas 2023 has arrived in Bath UK, the buyer mother Bernadette gives 5 stars, for quality, transport and service:

 

“Amazing customer service of the Dutch company DollsVilla that took the burden of an unexpected additional fee away from me and onto their company. Graceful and classy position to take.”

 
To house their most important emotions.
 
 
 
 
 

 

   
   

by Liliane Limpens November 14, 2023

 
DOLLSVILLA ON THE WAY TO FRANCE
 

Propriétaire de Baudou Meubles pour enfants : "Les clients de notre magasin ŕ Paris sont trčs enthousiastes ŕ l'égard de la Villa de Poupées by Liliane® des Pays-Bas. La taille [pour des poupées de 30 centimčtres], le design, les matériaux et la durabilité sont trčs appréciés." Le magasin est situé dans le 7čme arrondissement de Paris, ŕ proximité du musée d'Orsay.

 
To house their most important emotions.
 
 
 
 
 
   

by Liliane December 7, 2022

 

CHRISTMAS VILLA'S TO SINGAPORE,PARIJS,

 
ARNHEM, GRONINGEN, AMSTERDAM

Even outside Europe, [grand] parents give a Dutch DollsVilla to their [grand] children. It's so cozy when they build their own dream life with their dolls and cars for hours / days during the Christmas holidays. In a play flow!

 

"The DollsVilla is the exclusive domain of children and they alone determine its norms and values, its rules of conduct, and its viewpoints and freedoms. Adults have no authority and are granted access solely by invitation. Instead of being focused on the world of adults, the villa shifts the child’s attention to her or his own life, which is precisely where it should be." - Liliane

 
To house their most important emotions.
 
 
 
 
 
 

   

by Mélanie van der Hoorn November 9, 2022

 

Publisher nai010 Dutch Architecture Museum Rotterdam

 

DOLLSVILLA IN NAi PUBLICATION

 

DollsVilla by Liliane® in ‘Serious Fun: Architecture & Games’ by Mélanie van der Hoorn, 2022. About architecture and urban design games that have been conceived and made by architects, urban planners, artists and game developers since the end of the twentieth century.

 
 

Serious Fun by Mélanie van der Hoorn.
nai010 publishers - Nederlands Architectuurmuseum [Dutch Architecture Museum] in conjunction with Architekturzentrum Wien and with the
support of the dutch Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie [Creative Industries Fund The Netherlands].

 

"Liliane Limpens also recognized that you needed little to create a discernible, contemporary appearance. In 1999 she came up with the PoppenVilla, 'the Bentley among doll's houses'. What sets it apart, above all, are its dimensions: 130 cm tall, 120 cm wide and 62 cm deep. Several children can play with it at the same time, with 30-cm-tall dolls or soft toys. Limpens wanted to make a sustainable design house out of high-quality materials: clear-varnished birch wood and stainless steel. Her motto was: 'Papa and mama have a granite kitchen working top, stainless steel taps, double washbasins, a design bed... Thus so should the children and their dolls." 25

 

"Such details do of course come at a price that, despite the miniature size, is beyond the reach of many people: over 1700 euros without furniture. It also features a ramp, a recent feature to make the PoppenVilla supposedly 'gender neutral'."

 

"Limpens advises every new customer to immediately place a car on it, because: 'Then the little boys know: "It's also for us."' 26 Will this substantially help to solve gender problems? Whatever the case, the house is immensely popular: thousands of hospitals, creches and primary schools in various countries have ordered one over the past two decades. It looks modern, is a niche product with a good marketing concept and has scarcely any competitors. Yet the innovative aspects are not architectural: this is an upper-middle-class family home with a pitched roof, which suggests a classical family unit comprising two parents and two children." 27

 
 

"The success of the PoppenVilla has not been matched by all manufacturers: Sirch, Minimii and Mini Archi have reason to be satisfied if they sell fifty houses in a year. So what does the PoppenVilla have that they lack? It is certified for sale in the EU and US, because the toy market is strictly regulated and official testing agencies apply high standards. Smaller producers of doll's houses that cost 300-500 euros can scarcely afford the necessary quality, safety and environmental certificates. Moreover, the required sturdiness places demands on materials and construction, which in turn do not always chime with elegance."

 
25

Cited from:  https://poppenvilla.nl/LilianeLimpensVisieMissie.htm  (last consulted on 16 February 2022; see the heading 'Gelijkwaardigheid'.
[in English https://dollsvilla.com/LilianeLimpensVisionMission.htm -see the heading Equality - addition by Liliane]

26

Interview with Liliane Limpens on 2 October 2019.

27

The washbasins, mirror, rails and worktop make the bathroom and kitchen instantly recognizable. The other rooms are almost automatically designated as living room, parents' room, children's room and study. Limpens calls the seventh room (on the ground floor) a 'recreation room': it could be a horse stable, bike shed, garage, sports or music room. In that respect, the slightly smaller PoppenVilla Light is more abstract, with three indoor spaces and one outdoor space that are not further defined.

 

 

Exhibition Playing Architecture - het spel om de stad in ARCAM, the Architecture Center Amsterdam, from December 10, 2022 to May 28, 2023. The exhibition explores the messages and stories contained in analog and digital games and shows what these can mean for architecture.

 
 
 
 

   

by Mélanie van der Hoorn 6 september 2022

 

Publisher Netherlands Architecture Museum Rotterdam

 

DOLLSVILLA IN PUBLICATION

 

Announcement book 'Serious Fun: Architecture & Games' by Mélanie van der Hoorn. Serious Fun is about architecture and urban design games that have been conceived and created by architects, urban designers, artists and game developers since the end of the twentieth century – from doll’s houses to construction games and city building games, from SimCity to Block by Block.

 

The DollsVilla by Liliane® is discussed in Serious Fun. Detailed information will follow. Exhibition expected at the Architecture Center in Amsterdam [December 2022].

 
To house their most important emotions.
 
 

Publisher Netherlands Architecture Museum | ISBN 978-94-6208-689-0 | Mélanie van der Hoorn | English | hardcover | 224 pages | in conjunction with Architekturzentrum Wien | with support from Creative Industries Fund NL.

   

Mélanie van der Hoorn is a researcher, author, curator and teacher in the field of architectural perception, representation and communication.

 
   
 
 
 

   
   
 

by Liliane Limpens August 6, 2022, foto's Bianca Sijsenaar

 

Roden - Province Drenthe The Netherlands

 

DOLLSVILLA IN DUTCH MUSEUM

 

The original, handmade DollsVilla by Liliane® from 1997/1998, a design by Liliane Limpens, has been part of the permanent museum collection of the Museum Kinderwereld [1969] in Roden, near Groningen, since 2019. Children can play actively [together] in the museum café with a DollsVilla from a production series.

 
 
 

Museum curator Mara Bosboom: "This way the children can see the development from a prototype to its final market form."

 
 
To house their most important emotions.  
   
 
 
 

 
   
   

by Liliane Limpens March 3, 2022

 

DOLLSVILLA TO THE US' GOLDEN STATE

 
 

Americans love the mobile Dutch Villa a lot, which is especially built for large dolls, and their horses, cars, skateboards and bicycles! A complete DollsVilla by Liliane®, model leading, is now in the starting blocks to leave the Netherlands to the children in a family in Santa Monica, California.

 

Moon Picnic US: "As soon as you see this your heart will explode with a child's excitement, however old you are."

 

 
 
 
 

   
   

By a US private customer April 6, 2021

 

US: 'SUCH AN EXCELLENT PRODUCT!'

"The DollsVilla light arrived and in perfect condition! Thank you for following up on it.  I plan to use it personally and customize it as a home for my 1/6 scale figures." 

 

"I was looking for something open, but with a design that was more contemporary and wasn't like normal dollhouses you see all the time.  This fit the bill, and I must say the craftsmanship and design are absolutely superb.  It was so easy to assemble and it fits together perfectly.  Thank you so much for offering up such an excellent product unlike anything else available out there!"

 

Private customer - Billings Montana State Yellowstone County US

 
 
 
 
 

   
   

by Liliane Limpens January 26, 2021

 

Entrance in US families

 

GROWING SUCCESS DOLLSVILLA IN THE US

“Omg I love it”. Increasing success for the Dutch DollsVilla in the United States. Orders mainly come from individuals / families from the states of California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New York, Texas and Wyoming. Also US online stores on the track of the DollsVilla. #naturalgrow

 
 
 
 
 
 

   
   

by Silvia Fabro and Liliane Limpens December 1, 2020

 

 

 

QUANDO SI DICE "AMORE A PRIMA VISTA!"

 

Silvia Fabro - Italian product & graphic designer:

Quando si dice "amore a prima vista"! Dollsvilla by Liliane® Limpens [When you say "love at first sight"!] Facebook Fabrodesign August 12, 2020.

 

Hello Liliane, I am a designer, Montessori by vocation and I think your product is beautiful. I saw the Villa in Milan (Fuorisalone). My favorite job is to design for children and your house is a very beautiful message: gender neutrality and much more. It's so nice to see someone pays attention to the details for children's toys.

 

Thank you Silvia! Children are in the basement of new lifes, that is why investing in them is so fundamental, a person carries the emo-DNA of the base for a lifetime. Gender neutrality, how nice to define this.

 

LinkedIn conversation December 1, 2020

 
 
 
 
 

   
   

by Liliane Limpens November 30, 2020

 

 

 

CHRISTMAS VILLA'S

 

Cosy Christmas villa’s for the children’s children! To Paris FR, Houston TX US, Stuttgart DE [2], Břrsa NO, Aspen US, Rotterdam NL, Mansfield MA US, Assendelft NL, Hamburg DE.

 

From Mansfield US: “Per our convo, this is a christmas gift for my two daughters. Thanks so much!!! They are going to LOVE this!!!”.

 

The beloved Dutch design DollsVilla by Liliane® from 1999. To house their most important emotions.

 
 
 
 
 

   

by Liliane Limpens October 25, 2020

 

DUTCH DOLLSVILLA IS OUR LUCKY HOUSE

 
   

Brooklyn New York October 25, 2020 – “We bought your dollhouse for our school in the spring of 2017 and we love it. Our goal is to open our online store later this year with a few selected brands. We would love to showcase your beautiful dollhouse on our website."

 
   
 
   

"The DollsVilla has been part during the grow of our school and we hope it will be part during the grow of our online store. It is our lucky house.” - Prisca Bommeli, La Petite Colline Brooklyn NY

 
   
 
   

La Petite Colline is a family operated bilingual (French and English) preschool for children between the ages of 1.6 year and 6 years old. Drawing from a Swiss background, the preschool provide a progressive and project-based program. The light-filled classrooms overlooking the Japanese garden reflect the belief (conviction/position/view) that a child’s environment serves as the third teacher. 

 
 
 
 

   
   

by Liliane Limpens September 23, 2020

 

DOLLSVILLA IN NORWAY

 
   

Břrsa Norway September 23, 2020 - In a few days, this small village of <1,000 inhabitants in the Norwegian province of Trřndelag will be home to a child-high villa on wheels, for large dolls and their cars. The DollsVilla by Liliane® from the Netherlands!

 
   
 
 
 
 

   
   

by Liliane Limpens September 22,  2020

 

ENTRANCE DOLLSVILLA IN UKRAINE

 
   

Ternopil Ukraine September 22, 2020 - The Dutch DollsVilla by Liliane® is leaving for the Ukraine in Eastern Europe for the first time.

 
   
 
 
 
 

   
   

by Liliane Limpens September 2, 2020

 

DOLLSVILLA TO JACKSON, WYOMING US

 
   

Jackson US August 10, 2020 - And again a Dutch design DollsVilla by Liliane® is leaving for the US, to a business family in Wyoming. Also called "The Equality State" - equal rights for women and men have long existed.

 

The US customer Angela - September 2, 2020: "The Dolls villa is amazing, we love it, the quality of the dolls house is best, and the shipment was very fast. Thank you, I will highly recommend it to all my friends."

 
US shop: "As soon as you see this your heart will explode with a child's excitement, however old you are."
 
 
 
 
 

   
   

by Liliane Limpens August 21, 2020

 

KÖNIG GALERIE BERLIN & THE DOLLSVILLA

 
 

Berlin August 21, 2020 – The imposing German König Galerie acquires the Dutch design furniture of the DollsVilla by Liliane®.

 

König Galerie was founded in Berlin in 2002. The program’s focus is on interdisciplinary, concept-oriented and space-based approaches in a variety of media including sculpture, video, sound, painting, printmaking, photography and performance.

The galerie regularly participates in international art fairs such as Art Basel fairs and Frieze Art fairs and has successfully placed works in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Guggenheim Foundation.

 

König Galerie | St. Agnes | Alexanderstr. 118-121 10969 Berlin

König also stores in London and Tokyo.
 
 
 
 
 

   
   

by RitzKids July 14, 2020

 

RitzKidz new online business

 

VIDEO DOLLSVILLA BY LILIANE® LEADING

 

RitzKidz: "The DollsVilla by Liliane® Leading is a child-high dolls villa that really gives children the space to play. The large size of the villa ensures that every visitor is welcome. From cuddly toys to Barbie dolls, everyone can find their place in this fantastic house. Who is going to live in your villa? "

 

VIDEO DOLLSVILLA BY LILIANE® LIGHT

RitzKidz: "Liliane's Dolls Villa allows children to manage their own piece of real estate. The four-dimensional dolls villa can be approached from all sides. This ensures that all children playing tell the story together. The villa brings pleasure with empathic development. A real must -have!"

 

RitzKids: Our company aims to bring 'play' back to the child and the family. The degree of awareness and the use of emotion ensures a very good development of the child. A child's world should consist of more aspects than a screen with pixels.

 
 
 
     
 
 
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