Playful Design for Your Kids

There's no reason why adults should have all the fun in well-designed furnishings and accessories. Designers who previously worked in technology, furniture and engineering are starting to apply their skills to children's toys and furnishings.

Upstart California firm Kaiku has a new, ecological and irresistible take on the little red wagon. Designer Scot Herbst showed his "Zen" wagon for the first time this past week, at this year's International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York.