Beirut designer Davina Atallah has adapted the familiar typology of stacking blocks to create a wooden toy that allows children to explore complex ideas around body image. More about Body Blocks stacking toy helps children explore the many shapes a human can take
Finnish Design Shop has unveiled a collection of open-ended wooden toys during Helsinki Design Week, created in collaboration with different Nordic designers to mark the retailer's 20th anniversary. More about Pelata wooden toys are "slayers of awkward silences"
Georgia-based design collective Garbage Kids has exhibited a "long-lasting" collection of wooden furniture and ornaments made solely from recycled materials at Dropcity for Milan design week. More about Garbage Kids displays playful recycled furniture collection at Milan design week
Students from Swiss design school ÉCAL have used material offcuts and production rejects from Finnish manufacturer Artek to create a collection of toys. More about ÉCAL students turn Artek furniture waste into children's toys
Passaro Edizioni has designed a sustainable toy called Paesaggio con figure, which it is presenting for the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. More about Paesaggio con figure is an eco-friendly toy by Passaro Edizioni
Israeli designer Yaara Nusboim has developed a series of wooden toys in collaboration with child psychologists, that can help kids process difficult or repressed emotions as part of the therapeutic process. More about Yaara Nusboim designs therapy dolls for children struggling with emotional trauma
Danish brand Ferm Living has created a minimalist play kitchen for children, which is designed to fit into small spaces. More about Ferm Living releases "gender-neutral" Toro play kitchen for small spaces
Toys created by Czech designers over the past century are on show in London, including inflatable animals, wooden flowers and colourful totems. More about Czech toys from the past 100 years showcased for London Design Festival
Milan 2016: the latest designer rocking horse comes from Stockholm studio Front, which has based its minimal design for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna on an old bent-wood chair from the furniture brand's archive. More about Front designs bent-wood rocking horse for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna
London company Primo Toys has designed a "hands on" wooden play set that aims to teach three-year-old children the principles of coding without the use of screens (+ slideshow). More about Cubetto is a wooden robot designed to teach toddlers how to code
Most Loved: New York designer David Weeks reflects on how the simple toy robot he designed became a social media sensation in the next movie from our exclusive video series. More about David Weeks' folding wooden Cubebot toy "has a life of its own" on Instagram
A pair of Swedish designers have created a set of multi-faceted wooden building blocks that are coloured with fruit and vegetable dyes (+ slideshow). More about Snego building blocks are made using salvaged wood and natural dyes
These wooden storage boxes by Japanese designers Torafu Architects stack up to make little trolleys (+ slideshow). More about Koloro-wagon stacking wooden storage boxes by Torafu Architects
Competition: Dezeen and Areaware have teamed up to give readers the chance to win one of five white Balancing Blocks sets of wooden toys, signed by the designers Fort Standard. More about Competition: five sets of Balancing Blocks by Fort Standard to give away
Product news: this set of wooden toys by Polish studio Poorex incorporates tools associated with household chores. More about Poor Toys by Poorex
Slices of wood are layered in different combinations to make each animal in this toy menagerie by London design studio Yang:Ripol. More about Flat Zoo by Yang:Ripol
Design collective Ten will present a collection of sustainable, wooden products at 100% Design in London next week. More about WOOD by Ten