DollsVilla by Liliane®
design for children and the elderly
Designer Liliane Limpens:
“My motivation to design the
DollsVilla by Liliane®
stems from a desire to give children their own dream haven. This
villa had to be top quality, and not meant for tiny dolls, but
an exclusive, private domain, just for your favourite 12" dolls
[30 cm]. A
domain with its own standards, values, rules and freedoms. One
that children nurture as they grow older.”
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.
DollsVilla by Liliane®
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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.
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.
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
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 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."
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."
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.
Cosy Christmas villa’s for the
children’s children! To Paris FR,
Houston TX US, Stuttgart DE [2], Børsa
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.
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
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.
US shop:
"As soon as you see this your heart will
explode with a child's excitement,
however old you are."
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? "
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.
by
Liliane Limpens
DOLLSVILLA BY LILIANE®
IN THE NATIONAL
FRENCH
ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM
PARIS
The national architecture museum Cité de'l'Architecture et du Patrimoine
in Paris is holding intensive children’s workshops
for schools with three complete versions of
the dutch Design DollsVilla by Liliane®.
Cité de'l'Architecture et du Patrimoine
| Palais de Chaillot
1 place du Trocadéro et du 11 novembre
75116 - PARIS
by
Liliane Limpens November 19, 2019
Design for children
DOLLSVILLA'S
TO THE UNITED STATES
Villa's
to Columbus, Indiana and Mission, Texas
and Bakersfield, California. A
fairytale Christmas Carol also for the
children's favorite dolls and their cars!
Moon Picnic is successful in creating a
consumer market for the Dutch design
DollsVilla by Liliane®
in the United States and the United Kingdom: "A very special dollshouse. This
stunning large scale dolls villa is
designed by Liliane, Holland and made to
an impressively high standard in Germany.
It’s the ultimate gift that will play an
important role in anyone’s childhood."
[...]
"As soon
as you see this your heart will explode with
a child's excitement, however old you are."
Moon Picnic's
mission is to
bring to families the best designs this
wonderful planet has to offer, to help
create an unforgettable, nurturing,
beautiful and often magical childhood in
these busy modern times. The collection grows slowly, conscientiously with
a dedication to a truly inspired
childhood. "It’s going to be a slow but
wonderful journey finding the most
wonderful treasures, often not
‘trending’ but instead timeless, one by
one, discovering them."
by
Liliane Limpens October 30, 2019
In the Netherlands
DOLLSVILLA
IN MUSEUM
The original, handmade DollsVilla by
Liliane® from 1997/1998, a design by
Liliane Limpens, becomes part of the
permanent museum collection of the
fairy-tale Museum Children's World [1969] in
Roden, near Groningen in the north of
the Netherlands. The museum has an
impressive collection of old dolls and
bears. Children can actively play [together]
in the museum café with a second one, a
new DollsVilla from the 2019 production
series.
Museum
curator Mara Bosboom: "This way the
children can see the
development of a prototype into its
final market shape."
In 1969 the Dutch Museum Children's
World Foundation in Roden was founded by
the Association for Tourist Traffic and
the Association of Folk Entertainment.
At the same time, in this year an appeal
was made via the ANP to the Dutch
population to look at toys from the past
in the attic. This call was met with
mass response and it was the start of a
unique collection. Two foundations
currently manage the Children's World
Toy Museum: Dutch Museum Children's
World Foundation and Foundation for
preserving the Museum Children's World
Collection.
Children's World Museum offers guided
tours, a senior package, a package for children's parties and school trips.
Teaching material will soon be available, which will enable primary schools
to achieve official learning objectives.
Vanity Fair Junior Italy Settembre 5, 2019
Edizioni Condé Nast. Supplemento a Vanity
Fair Italy N. 36
ECO CASA PER
LE BAMBOLE, LILIANE
Vanity Fair
Italia:
“Ci vuole un
fiore dal tavolo alla carta da parati, belle
idee per una cameretta eco. Eco casa per le
bambole, LILIANE."
"It takes a flower from the table to the
wallpaper, nice ideas for an eco bedroom.
Eco dollhouse, LILIANE."
Interview by Aleksandra Leszcyńska |
July 29, 2019
Fathers Magazine, Italy Spring 2019
A
creative collaborative blog and magazine for
the modern dad
UNDUETRESTELLA
DESIGN WEEK 2019
Paola Noé: “I think that Unduetrestella had
the honour to present for the first time
some design products that can be considered
as “masterpieces” of contemporary design for
kids. I’m totally fascinated by the three:
Max in the BOX by Perlude and the furniture
by EcoBirdy or the DollsVilla by Liliane®.”
Paola Noé has been an art critic, a curator
and has worked in the editorial office of
the prestigious “Flash Art” magazine. In
2008 she started to run Unduetrestella, a
special contemporary art project for
children. Today, the children’s universe is
her hobbyhorse. She looks for the most
interesting phenomena for kids – from art
and design to vintage objects and even food
and then exhibits them during the most
important and unmissable international
design sector event, a showcase for
creativity, innovation and quality: Milano
Design Week - by Aleksandra Leszcyńska.
The DollsVilla by Liliane®
light
will make her introduction in Milan at the
International Design Week 2019, the
Salone Internazionale del Mobile.
Press release:
Like every unduetrestella DESIGN WEEK
edition, Liliane Limpens, the designer of
DollsVilla by Liliane (NL), who creates two
innovative models of a dollshouse on wheels,
made of sustainable materials, full of every
comfort, even the car ramp, like real toy
furniture full of accessories.
On the occasion of the
500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci the
theme of 2019 will be Leonardo the designer, even for the little ones: no one before him had
demonstrated an imagination so close to the
mind of a true contemporary designer, and
very similar to the creative desires of a
child. To remember the childish components
of his vision.
Exhibition Art & Design for Kids
April 9 - 14, 2019
Fabbrica del Vapore,
Via G.C. Procaccini 4. IT 20154 Milano
Art, design, creativity and beauty are the
keywords for unduetrestella DESIGN WEEK’s
format who, since 2009, has strived to
create and show the most creative solutions
to live and grow with kids, cooperating with
brands, companies, designers, artists and
creative people - Italian and International
- involved in the children’s universe.
DiOriana
Picceni
8 aprile 2019
Style Piccoli: Italian kids a and lifestyle magazine
|
Design
Al Via la design week: ecco tutte le mete
perfette per la famiglia
LA DESIGN WEEK
FORMATO FAMIGLIA
Milano durante la Design Week diventa un
vero e proprio concentrato di creatività e
colore, un grande palcoscenico dove arte,
design e performance si incontrano. Tutto
questo da domani fino al 14 aprile, giorni
in cui la città ospita il meglio del design
internazionale con il Salone del Mobile e il
Fuori Salone: un’occasione unica non solo
per gli addetti ai lavori, ma anche per
tutta la famiglia, grazie a un calendario
fittissimo di mostre, installazioni,
percorsi ed eventi capaci di accendere la
curiosità e l’immaginazione in grandi e
bambini.
Alla Fabbrica del Vapore Unduetrestella
Design Week celebra Leonardo da Vinci
Diventata punto di riferimento per il design
dedicato all’infanzia Paola Noé quest’anno
ci stupisce con un progetto tutto legato al
500° anniversario di Leonardo da Vinci, un
percorso che risponde perfettamente al
claim Hallo Leo! Artista, pittore,
matematico, scienziato, Leonardo è infatti
considerato il più grande genio di tutti i
tempi e a questa multiforme creatività unduetrestella
DESIGN WEEK ha dedicato la sua
bellissima esposizione, nel grande Spazio
Messina 2 all’interno della Fabbrica del
Vapore.
“Ma ci piace pensare a Leonardo come il
primo designer della storia, capace di
coniugare creatività e funzionalità,
bellezza e risoluzione pratica dei problemi,
desiderio di superare i limiti e capacità di
rimanere con i piedi per terra. Anche dopo
aver volato. Leonardo ha costruito anche
macchine terribili di guerra, eppure i suoi
modellini oggi assomigliano a giocattoli, i
suoi studi sulle ali e sugli animali hanno
la poesia di un’illustrazione per bambini“.
E sulla scorta di questo pensiero, Paola Noé
ha realizzato un percorso tra estetica e
funzionalità, con più di 40 brand e pezzi di
design provenienti da tutto il mondo.
"We must learn to be protectors of
nature and appreciate everything that it provides us. It is
important for young children to be around natural materials, to be
able to touch, feel, smell and interact with their unblemished
nature."
"I am passionate about introducing children to the wonders of
wood through play as this interaction contributes to an awareness of
sustainability at a young age. Children are capable of developing a
real connection with the products of this earth and we need to
encourage that as much as possible for our Planet to thrive."
The DollsVilla by Liliane is a sustainable dolls house, built at a
child's height. Made of FSC birch plywood, beech and stainless
steel. FSC standards have been developed to protect the forests'
biodiversity and ecological processes.
Made With Respect has been created with a purpose: All
the brands fall within our 4 pillars and align with one or more of the
following values. MWR is a positive movement, where buying conscious brands
is the norm. For a sustainable future for our people on our planet.
DiOriana
Picceni
23 novembre 2018
Style Piccoli: Italian kids fashion and
lifestyle magazine
|
Design
DOLL HOUSE
MANIA: TUTTI PAZZI PER LE
MINIATURE
DOLL HOUSE
MANIA: ALL CRAZY FOR THE
MINIATURES
"[...] Mentre pensa in grande Liliane che
propone una villa su ruote, perfetta per
farci giocare bambole e bambolotti."
"[...] While thinking in large Liliane proposing a villa
on wheels, perfect for dolls and dolls play."
Liliane
Dollsvilla per bambole (e bambolotti) su
ruole (da UnduetrestellaSTORE, prezzo su
richiesta).
Vi siete mai chiesti perché la doll house
piacciono tanto ai bambini (ma non solo)? La
risposta sta nel loro potere immaginifico e
nelle tante storie che tra quelle piccole
pareti prendono vita, portandoci altrove per
un po’, dentro mondi incantati, per vivere
ogni giorno nuove avventure.
Have you ever wondered why children [and not
only they] love the dollhouse? The answer
lies in their imaginative power and in the
many stories that come to life between those
small walls, taking us elsewhere for a while,
into enchanted worlds, to experience new
adventures every day.
Avete presente, ad esempio, la bellissima
Stettheimer Doll House dell’artista Carrie
Stettheimer, che si trova presso il Museum
of the City of New York? Realizzata tra il
1916 e il 1935, questa casa di bambole
rappresenta da sola un vero scrigno di
storie. E non solo perché si trova in un
museo e ogni giorno è attraversata dallo
sguardo e dalla memoria di migliaia di
visitatori, ma anche perché nelle sue stanze
si trovano opere d’arte in miniatura, create
appositamente da alcuni famosi artisti del
tempo amici di Carrie. Ad esempio Marcel
Duchamp e Alexander Archipenko, tanto per
citarne due. Se vi capita di visitare quel
museo, fermatevi a guardarla bene, perché
tra mobili e pareti c’è una bella parte
della storia dell’artista. Carrie, infatti,
era la sorella di Florine Stettheimer,
pittrice eccentrica nella New York di inizio
secolo, abituata ad ospitare in casa i
personaggi più importanti della cultura del
Novecento americano. Ed ecco la magia di
questa doll house, che rappresenta un vero
tesoro non solo per i bambini, ma anche per
qualsiasi adulto che abbia, almeno una
volta, sognato di vivere a New York, proprio
nel momento in cui questa metropoli
conquistava il titolo di capitale del secolo.
Have you seen, for example, the beautiful
Stettheimer Doll House by artist Carrie
Stettheimer, located at the Museum of the
City of New York? Built between 1916 and
1935, this dollhouse is a true treasure
trove of stories. And not only because it is
located in a museum and every day is crossed
by the look and memory of thousands of
visitors, but also because in its rooms are
miniature works of art, created specifically
by some famous artists of the time friends
of Carrie. For example, Marcel Duchamp and
Alexander Archipenko, just to name two. If
you happen to visit that museum, stop and
look at it carefully, because there is a
good part of the artist's history between
furniture and walls. Carrie, in fact, was
the sister of Florine Stettheimer, eccentric
painter in New York at the beginning of the
century, accustomed to hosting at home the
most important figures of the twentieth
century American culture. And here is the
magic of this doll house, which is a real
treasure not only for children, but also for
any adult who has, at least once, dreamed of
living in New York, just when this
metropolis conquered the title of capital of
the century.
Purtroppo con la Casa di bambole della
Stettheimer non si può giocare, ma nessuna
paura perché oggi il design si è sbizzarrito
e ha dato vita a una nutrita serie di doll
house davvero creative… con dettagli così
minuziosi che viene subito voglia di aprire
la porta ed entrarci. Sedersi a tavola e
versarsi una tazza di tè. Come ad esempio la
Mini Home o la Big Mini Home disegnata da
Eero Aarnio per il brand finlandese Tactic:
un set con mobilini e pezzi d’artista (lo
riconoscete Puppy, sempre di Eero Aarnio?).
Oppure le modernissime villas Miniko, delle
vere e proprie case in miniatura, in
materiali pregiati e rifinite a mano del
marchio polacco Minjio (in Italia le trovate
da UnduetrestellaSTORE). La maison francese
Encore! punta su componibili da arredare
come stanze molto romantiche, abitate da
tanti coniglietti in stoffa, mentre pensa in
grande Liliane che propone una villa su
ruote, perfetta per farci giocare bambole e
bambolotti. Se siete di quelli con la testa
sempre tra le nuvole, la vostra casa
perfetta è la cloud-house di Rock & Pebble,
mentre gli amanti del classico stile Liberty
potranno trovare ospitalità in una delle
deliziose Sylvanian Family.
Unfortunately with the Stettheimer doll's
house you can not play, but no fear because
today the design has gone wild and gave
birth to a large series of really creative
doll houses ... with such meticulous details
that you immediately want to open the door
and go in there. Sit at the table and pour a
cup of tea. Such as the Mini Home or the Big
Mini Home designed by Eero Aarnio for the
Finnish brand Tactic: a set with pieces of
furniture and artist's pieces (do you
recognize Puppy, also by Eero Aarnio?). Or
the modern Miniko villas, real miniature
houses, made of fine materials and hand
finished by the Polish brand Minjio (in
Italy you can find them from
UnduetrestellaSTORE). The French fashion
house Encore! tip on modular to be furnished
as very romantic rooms, inhabited by many
bunnies in fabric, while thinking in large
Liliane that offers a villa on wheels,
perfect for us to play dolls and dolls. If
you are one of those with your head always
in the clouds, your perfect home is the Rock
& Pebble cloud-house, while lovers of the
classic Art Nouveau style will find
hospitality in one of the delightful
Sylvanian Family.
E se volete leggervi anche un buon libro, lo trovate (ma dovete
costruirvelo da soli) ne La mia piccola
libreria (Rizzoli)… iperdibile! E voi, in
quale storia vorreste entrare?
And if you want to read a good book, you can find it (but you have to
build it yourself) in My little bookstore (Rizzoli)
... iperdibile! And you, in which story
would you like to enter?
Liliane
Una versione più
piccola della Dollsvilla su ruote
(da UnduetrestellaSTORE, prezzo su
richiesta).
unduetrestlla | Paola Noé
Milan:
"Siamo felici di vedere ancora una volta le
due varianti di dollvillas di DollsVilla by
Liliane.
Ci conosciamo da tanti anni. Non ho mai
visto una casa di bambole così "giocata" da
bambine e bambini. In ogni nostra
esposizione era il catalizzatore dei
bambini.
Non è soltanto una casa delle bambole. È una
risposta intelligente per essere bambini e
giocare!
Grazie Style Piccoli, grazie Oriana Picceni,
come sempre."
"We are happy to see once again the two
dollvillas of DollsVilla by Liliane.
We've known each other for many years. I
have never seen a doll house so "played" by
little girls and children. In all our
expositions it was the catalyst for children.
It is not just a dollhouse. It's an
intelligent answer to be children and ply!".
by
Olive Bell | November 21, 2018
Moon Picnic Walnut USA
& UK
|
Design shop for Kids
Moon Picnic is the first
and currently the only US stockist of the
DollsVilla by Liliane®: "As soon
as you see this your heart will explode with
a child's excitement, however old you are."
"Our mission is to bring
to your family the best designs this
wonderful planet has to offer, to help
create an unforgettable, nurturing,
beautiful and often magical childhood in
these busy modern times."
"Browse the
slideshow
of impressive details and furniture and read
more about the philosophy behind this in the
words of the designer Liliane Limpens on our
product page."
by
Liliane Limpens
October 8, 2018
ACTRESS IN NEW YORK
BUYS DOLLSVILLA
A well-known Sex and the City-actress buys a
Dutch design DollsVilla by Liliane® for her
own palatial villa in New York.
Her shop
DLK
| Design Life Kids US:
"We have been obsessing over your beautiful
DollsVilla by Liliane®, the design is just beautiful."
April,e 2018
Insieme: Il giornale della femiglia
VIVERE INSIEME: ANTEPRIME DA TENERE
D'OCCHIO
'Dolls Villa', mobile su ruote realizzato in materiali sostenibili. Di
Liliane
(a Unduetrestella Design Week)
April, 2018
Petit & Small - blog about international
kids design
UNDUETRESTELLA DESIGN WEEK: ART,
DESIGN AND CREATIVITY
Petit & Small blog: "At unduetrestella Design Week, you can also find amazing
designer toys from Dollsvilla [et al]. These playthings bring together
creativity, design and fun. Do not miss them out!"
"Some brands that caught our eye: DollsVilla by Liliane®".
FuoreSalone.it
UNDUETRESTELLA DESIGN WEEK NOW, NOW AND NOW
by
Milano Moms
| April, 2018
Milano Moms: idee, stili e tendenze per le
mammie a Milano
ALLA FABBRICA
DEL VAPORE: IN SCENA IL
KIDS DESIGN DI UNDUETRESTELLA
Article about the exhibition Now, Now, and Now! Unduetrestella design projects for children.
Also in 2018 the DollsVilla by Liliane® is
present in Milano during the Salone
Internazionale del Mobile.
Exhibition Art & Design for Kids
April 17-22, 2018
Fabbrica del Vapore,
Via G.G. Procaccini 4. IT 20154 Milano
Also in 2018 the DollsVilla by Liliane® is
present in Milano during the Salone
Internazionale del Mobile.
Thanks to the support of Municipality of Milano, Unduetrestella
DESIGN WEEK is hosted in a very prestigious
exhibition space: Fabbrica del Vapore, a
large former industrial area close to the
city centre. Fabbrica del Vapore is an
important exhibition space hosting big and
international shows dedicated to
contemporary art and culture.
"DollsVilla
Global (NL): conceived and produced by the
designer Liliane Limpens creates two
incredible and innovative models of dolls
houses on wheels. The child heigh DollsVilla
is a sustainable dollhouse on wheels for
children’s most cherished 1:6 cars and dolls
of 30 centimetres. With a cool design
interior, stainless steel roofplates, a car
ramp and three trays. www.dollsvilla.com".
Paola Noe of
Unduetrestella: "It is our duty as adults,
looking to the next generation, to emphasize
the strength and power of childhood along
with our responsibilities, adults teaching
children to grow up and live in this
contemporary world."
Exhibition Art & Design for Kids
April 17-22, 2018
Fabbrica del Vapore,
Via G.G. Procaccini 4. IT 20154 Milano
by
Liliane Limpens April 9, 2018
High end shop for design and life products
for children
|
USA
USA OBSESSED
BY THE DUTCH DOLLSVILLA
"We have been obsessing over your beautiful
DollsVilla by Liliane®, the design is just beautiful. We
would love to begin a new partnership with
your DollsVilla Global BV in The Netherlands."
DLK
| Design Life Kids: modern finds for the modern home. West Chester,
Pennsylvania.
"This modern dutch design is
made of high quality sustainable wood creating a unique and modern dollhouse on
wheels. Designed for larger dolls such as Barbie, stuffed plush toys with a 30
centimeter - 1:6 scale. In
hotel lobbies, nurseries and primary schools, the DollsVilla is used to
stimulate group play between multiple children, encouraging group play! This
villa includes a large house and furnishings. Due to the nature of natural wood,
coloring and shades made vary. 120 x 60 x 128 cm 42" x 23" x 50"
Birch plywood, solid beech
wood, stainless steel. Includes 19 furniture items."
DLK is a carefully curated collection of
fashion, accessories, toys and decor for the
modern aesthetic loving family. With a focus on high quality,
modern design, DLK features talented
boutique designers and internationally
adored brands.
by Liliane Limpens December
5, 2017
Italian publication - Christmas December
2017
CHILD AWARE OF
HIS OWN INNER AND
OUTER WORLD
The renowned
Italian design-lifestyle magazine CASA
facile published an editorial about the
Dutch design DollsVilla by Liliane®.
The Doll’s House
Doll houses
but also mini-kitchens are part of the
so-called imitation play. They give children
the opportunity to repeat gestures and
situations that they have seen in the adult
world. In this way they refine their
movement skills and their perception of
reality, the awareness and the expression of
their own emotions. The play makes children
aware of their own inner world and of the
world around them.
Dollhouse of birch wood [Liliane, cm
120x62x130h € 1.988].
Pubblicazione italiana - Natale dicembre
2017
BAMBINO
CONSAPEVOLE DEL PROPRIO
MONDO INTERIORE E DI
QUELLO ESTERIORE
La
rinomata rivista italiana di
design-lifestyle CASA Facile ha pubblicato
un editoriale sul design olandese DollsVilla
by Liliane®.
La
Casetta delle Bambole
Le
casette ma anche le mini cucine fanno parte
dei cosiddetti giochi di imitazione.
Permettono ai bambini di ripetere gesti e
situazioni osservati nella vita degli adulti;
In questo modo si affinano la manualità e l
‘osservazione della realtà, La
consapenolezza e l’espressione della proprie
emozioni. Il gioco rende il bambino
consapevole del proprio mondo interiore e di
quello esteriore.
Casa delle bambole in betulla [Liliane, cm
120x62x130h € 1.988].
by
La Cuky | Elisa Cucuzza 15.04.2017
Mamme Con Stile
IO MI SONO
INNAMORATA DI QUESTA CASA
DELLE BAMBOLE
I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS DOLLSHOUSE
"Questa settimana non ho avuto il tempo materiale di raccontarvi le meravigliose
novità di design per bimbi che ho visto al #UNDUETRESTELLADESIGNWEEK @ MUBA -
Museo dei Bambini Milano al #fuorisalone domenica scorsa."
"Mi impegno piano piano a mostrarvele, perché sono realtà artigianali
meravigliose. Io mi sono innamorata di questa casa delle bambole fatta
interamente in legno di DollsVilla by Liliane® Dopotutto...chi di noi non ha mai
sognato una casa delle bambole? ❤".
Mamme con stile | Milano 2017 MUBA Museum Design for Kids
The DollsVilla
by Liliane® is in April in Milano, as part of the exhibition Art and Design for
Kids in MUBA - Museo dei Bambini Milano from April 4 to 9, 2017. During the
Milan International Design Fair | Salone
del Mobile | the unduetrestella Design Week.
by
Paul & Paula 03.04.2017
Paul & Paula Kids, Design & Lifestyle
WITH A
COOL DESIGN INTERIOR
#DONT STOP HOUSING
"DollsVila
Global [Netherlands]. Dutch brand run by
Liliane Limpens, designer of the
DollsVilla by Liliane. The child heigh
DollsVilla is a sustainable dollhouse on
wheels for children's most cherished 1:6
cars and dolls of 30 centimetres."
"With a cool
design interior, stainless steel roof plates,
a car ramp and three trays. #DontStopHousing".
The DollsVilla by Liliane® is
in April in Milano, as part of the exhibition Art and
Design for Kids in MUBA - Museo dei
Bambini Milano from April 4 to 9, 2017. During
the Milan International Design Fair
| Salone
del Mobile | the unduetrestella
Design Week.
by
Millano Moms | n° 15 Aprile Maggio
2017
Exhibition Art and Design for Kids Italy
in Milan
DOLLSVILLA THE MOST
LOVED PIECE
"The DollsVilla by Liliane® is the most
loved piece at the exhibition. A lot of
interest! also from journalists."
Paola
Noe of unduetrestella, initiator Art and
Design for Children in the Children's
Museum MUBA Milan.
The DollsVilla by Liliane® is
in April in Milano, as part of the exhibition Art and
Design for Kids in MUBA - Museo dei
Bambini Milano from April 4 to 9, 2017. During
the Milan International Design Fair
| Salone
del Mobile | the unduetrestella
Design Week.
by Liliane Limpens April
11, 2017
Exhibition Art and Design for Kids Italy
in Milan
THE MOST
LOVED PIECE OF THE EXHIBITION
DOLLSVILLA AT MUBA MILAN
"The DollsVilla by Liliane® is the most
loved piece at the exhibition. A lot of
interest! also from journalists."
Paola
Noe of unduetrestella, initiator Art and
Design for Children in the Children's
Museum MUBA Milan.
The DollsVilla by Liliane® is
in April in Milano, as part of the exhibition Art and
Design for Kids in MUBA - Museo dei
Bambini Milano from April 4 to 9, 2017. During
the Milan International Design Fair
| Salone
del Mobile | the unduetrestella
Design Week.
Press day
Tuesday, April 4 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
The purpose of MUBA Milano is to create
and promote cultural expressions aiming
at encouraging stereotype-free creative
thought in children and prepare them for
a society which requires greater and
greater creative attitudes. MUBA
develops and spreads non formal
education with a view to promoting an
innovative culture focused on children
direct experience.
by
Liliane Limpens February 13, 2017
DollsVilla by Liliane® in C-More Concept Store
Nijmegen
DOLLSVILLA IN DESIGN
CONCEPT
STORE
The new C-More Concept
Store at the Honig Complex in Nijmegen proudly
presents the dutch DollsVilla by Liliane® to her
audience.
In the LOFT | ROOM of
C-More, in the centre of the shop, existing and
starting brands are mixed. The DollsVilla by Liliane®
is part of the Children's Room, along with other
high quality designer furniture.
C-More
Concept Store
|
Honig Complex Nijmegen
Waalbandijk 8
|
6541 AJ Nijmegen The
Netherlands
by
Olive Bell | January 27, 2017
Moon Picnic Walnut USA
|
Design shop for Kids
USA: YOUR HEART WILL EXPLODE
American consumers,
especially
working
mommies,
can now
finally buy
a
DollsVilla by Liliane® at home.
The new
USA and UK online-shop Moon Picnic - design
shop for creative kids: "We'd be very happy to be a
stockist in the US and promote it through
our blogs and social media. We love the
DollsVilla by Liliane®! I think many US customers feel
a lot more comfortable with domestic
shipping. We look forward to introducing
your amazing dollhouse to our audience."
Moon Picnic: "If you're like us, as soon
as you see this your heart will explode with
a child's excitement, however old you are.
Yes, we've finally found our favorite thing
in the toy store (which of course happens to
be the most expensive in there) and our
parents won't get away easily this time as
we hold on to the frame and won't let go!"
"You can easily imagine how
thrilled we are and we can't wait to tell
you all about it!"
"This DollsVilla by Liliane® was designed for large dolls and stuffed animals
(children's children!) and 4-5 children can
play together with enough room for everyone.
In their own safe domain filled with all the
features of modern living and stylish
furniture just like their parents, they
learn about pleasure, attachment and trust. This
is a gift for the whole family and future
generations too."
"Browse the slideshow of
impressive details and furniture and read
more about the philosophy behind this in the
words of the designer Liliane Limpens on our
product page."
by
Kristine Mc Veigh Creative Executive Officer
Kids Interiors
| October 18, 2016
Kids Interiors
THE DOLLSVILLA BY LILIANE FOR BOTH
GIRLS AND BOYS
Kristine Mc Veigh:
"Home interiors is not just
something adults love but children too !
Which little girl didn’t dream of a doll’s
house pretending to be in charge of her own
home? Most of us have this traditional
conception of a Barbie’s kind of doll’s
house just for girls but today we all know
that little boys are also interested in
interiors and grow up designing their homes
with just as much passion as women. The
DollsVilla by Liliane is a modern and more
complete version of a doll’s house intended
for both girls and boys thus stimulating
group play, social-emotional and language
development."
"The DollsVilla is indeed an impressive
doll’s house by its size and design! It
comes with a complete design interior and
can contain 30 cm dolls and 1:6 cars with
even a car or horse ramp. It is made out of
birch plywood (double transparent varnish),
solid beech wood, stainless steel and
plexiglass."
"The villa is made in two different versions,
the leading and the light version which both
have metal wheels with double-brake systems
so you can move it easily to any part of
the house. The villa is sturdy, mobile and
made of sustainable design materials."
"The designer Liliane Limpens motivation
stems from a desire to give children their
own dream haven and to play with their most
cherished dolls – their own children!
Liliane also tells us that when she was
little and played with her dolls she would
dream of the wonderful life she would lead
in the future – The DollsVilla is so close
to real houses with so much attention paid
to details that any child will dream!"
"The DollsVilla Global BV started in 1999
and finds her way to high end department
stores and hotels, to child care centres,
schools, child psychiatrists and
psychologists and is donated to a number of
one hundred Dutch asylum centers, woman
shelters and foster care parents."
"The designer Liliane Limpens was previously
editor-in-chief of the Dutch arts magazine
Harlekijn, head of the Dutch library and
documentation centre for arts education and
founder/member of the board of child care
facility for gravely ill children at the
Maastricht Academic Hospital."
"DollsVilla Global BV is participant of the
Dutch economic mission to Australia
(Melbourne and Sydney) and New Zealand (Aukland
and Christchurch), from October 28 till
November 10, 2016."
Kids Interiors is the online inspiration and shopping guide
for the best kids interior brands and shops from all over the world. Daily
updates and news related to kids interiors; furniture, decor, textiles, toys and
design aswell as inspirational articles about kids bedrooms, playrooms, toddlers
and nursery rooms.
by
Liliane Limpens
September 17, 2016
The
leading global fair for kid's first years
DOLLSVILLA BY LILIANE® KIND +
JUGEND
COLOGNE GERMANY
September 15 -18, 2016
The Dutch DollsVilla by Liliane®
for the first time present at the prestigious global trade fair Kind +
Jugend | Cologne September 15 - 18, 2016. The presentation took place at
the new Design Parc.
Liliane: "Enjoyed
the stylish and beautifully lit Design
Parc with the DollsVilla by Liliane® in
it's heart. So honored and happy by the
many ‘Oh
wauw!!’ reactions of the public."
The Design Parc is an atmospheric exhibition area inside the fair Kind + Jugend
where exclusively children’s furniture, living accessories and games from
different countries are displayed. Outstanding, ready for the market products
that have already been produced can secure themselves support in the form of a
tailor-made sales concept which considerably facilitates their market entry.
DollsVilla by Liliane® in the Design Parc
| Hall 10.1 Booth A075
A great Kids Club is not
just a pretty space filled with products, it
requires extra thought, care and specialist
expertise to make it the truly special place
that kids can appreciate and feel good
in. It’s the job of the Kids Club
Consultants of Stoerrr® to find you the toys
and furniture that are truly unique and will
make your guests have a memorable stay.
Kids Club Consultants
http://www.stoerrr.nl/kids-club-consultants/
by
Enrico Fragale Esposito |
editor Kid's Wear Diary | Milano July 19,
2015
The
DollsVilla by Liliane® is far more than a
simple dollhouse; it has been designed by Dutch
designer Liliane Limpens for dolls that are one
foot tall, making this house unique in its
genre. Liliane created this doll house because
there wasn’t a sustainable home for the size of
dolls children prefer to play with.
So
this one-of-a-kind house on wheels, equipped
with furnishings and a car ramp, made from
sturdy materials, such as birch plywood, beach
wood and stainless steel, come up at
child-height.
“Playing with the Villa is playing with wood, I
think it is important for children to play with
naturals materials”.
The measure and endurance give the relationship
between adult and child a kind of equivalence,
considered relevant for kid’s growth.
The distinctive open design of the Villa
encourages interaction and free play, that’s why
Liliane thought that, apart from a family use,
it could work into day care centers or primary
schools.
It
is a mission, she explained, to incite “female
entrepreneurs to consider developing physical
products, and not just think about providing a
service.”
Putting down roots on ethical values this Villa
will make children feeling real owners of their
space.
kid’s wear,
established in 1995, is a magazine for children's fashion, lifestyle and culture
which is unique anywhere in the world. Twice a year, for the beginning of each
fashion season, the world's best photographers and many of today's eminent
photographic artists interpret fashion and contemporary lifestyle over 250
pages. They rub noses with both established and new writers who write about
childhood in today's world in articles, essays and short stories. By way of
recognition for its ongoing work – in 2015, kid´s wear celebrates its 20th
anniversary – the magazine regularly receives major awards. Recent awards
include commendations from the Art Director´s Club New York and the Art
Director´s Club Deutschland. kid’s wear has an international outlook and an
international readership.The magazine is published by renowned photographer
Achim Lippoth. “The most beautiful magazine in the world!” | Bruce Weber.
by
Liliane Limpens April 13, 2015
Ki.D.S. Superstudio Group
|
Unduetrestella Italy
DOLLS VILLA AT
KIDS DESIGN MILAAN
During Milan Design
International Furniture Fair 2015 starts the
first edition of a new design project for
children: Ki.DS
| Kids Design at
Superstudio. The Dutch DollsVilla by Liliane® is selected as part of the exhibition.
"As
for the selection of companies and brands
participating to Ki.D.S.
| Kids Design at Superstudio the
Italian organizing company unduetrestella
keeps up with its research and world-wide
scouting, to highlight brands and companies
dedicated and involved in creating and
producing the best design for kids."
"The eminent spaces of
Superstudio Più, headquarter of the new
project SuperDesign Show during the Design
Week 2015, opens the door to the world of
children, hosting
Ki.D.S. Kids Design at Superstudio,
an ambitious exhibition project by the most
interesting international furniture brands
and companies for infants."
Milano April 14 - 19 April, 2015
Ki.D.S. SuperDesign Show | Fuorisalone 2015
Superstudio Più
Via Tortona 27 Milaan
by
Myriam Gwynned Diick | editor
Discover Benelux & France
| Design
feature April, 2015
A CHILDREN'S DREAM HOUSE FOR
THEIR
DOLLS AND CARS
The
DollsVilla by Liliane® is much
more than a normal doll house. The Villa is
specially designed for dolls that are one foot
tall – children’s favourite dolls – making it
unique in the world and popular among children.
The open design of the Villa
encourages interaction and free play: up to six
children can use it at the same time. Apart from
families, the Villa is also a much-loved item at
day care centres and primary schools not just in
the Netherlands, but across Europe.
Apart from play, there are other
interesting applications. Currently universities
in the Netherlands and Poland are researching
how play therapists, child psychiatrists and psychologists can use the Villa to help children
who suffer from trauma.
Designer Liliane Limpens says: “In the words of
the Dutch consul-general Guido Tielman in
Chongqing, China, the DollsVilla by Liliane® is ‘the Bentley among the world’s dolls houses!’”
Discover Benelux & France is
the business and members magazine of British Airways, Swiss
Air, Brussel Airlines, the KLM Business Lounges and the Dutch embassies in
Europe. Published by Scan Group
London.
