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LIFE&FAMILY
July14
STATIONERY
CHIC
When did stationery
become so cool? The kids
have Smiggle, but the
adults are not forgotten,
with Kikki K’s new
collection of stationery and
journals, technology cases
and accessories. In stores
and online.
kikki-k.com
ZOOM
ZOOM
If a car is financially out of reach, this might
just be the answer to your transport needs.
With a top speed of 25kph, the Zoom
Scooter is a big time-saver. It’s easy to
operate, light enough to carry on and off the
MRT train, takes a load of up to 100kg, is
allowed on footpaths but not on roads, and
travels up to 20km on a full charge. From
$1,199.
zoom.sg
The humble bamboo plant has had many uses over
the centuries, but its reincarnation as a balance bike
is ingenious. Weighing just 3.5kg and designed for
children from 18 months to five years, the bike
has a bamboo frame that is infused with honey to
prevent cracking and treated with bamboo wax for
weatherproofing. Local villagers in Guangzhou,
China, are employed to select the best bamboo,
guaranteeing a stronger-than-steel frame. US$165.
greenchampbikes.com
BAMBOO
BIKE
COOL KIDS
Hands up those parents who despaired when their
kids outgrew Cotton On’s kids’ range? Now the
Australian company has designed an affordable,
age-appropriate range for nine-to-14-year-olds who are
too big for children’s clothes but too small for adults’.
Available at Wisma Atria and online.
shop.cottonon.
com/free-by-cottonon/
Happy Snaps
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Riding a new wave of
instant photography
development is the
Lomo’Instant camera.
Not only does it come
with a wide-angle lens
that allows for shooting
as close as 40cm, there
are portrait and fish-eye
lenses and adjustable
exposure settings too.
lomography.sg
HOT OR COLD
Leaving the new JNO-series Thermos filled with cold
water in a black car on a hot day was the ultimate
test. It passed with flying colours, just as it did in
reverse: boiling water was still too hot to drink after
six hours. Hot or cold, the Thermos works; it’s light in
weight, and available in two sizes: 350ml ($45) and
500ml ($49).
thermos.com
New products to check out this month