Tink Things

Tink Things is a Croatian design brand making sensory furniture for children, developed within the research and design studio Benussi&theFish. Its first line of chairs is designed around the way children actually behave — rocking, perching, curling up — with the aim of turning movement into focus, calm and emotional regulation rather than asking children to sit still.

The Mia chair, for instance, has a fabric seat and a cocoon hood that a child can pull up to withdraw and settle; it comes in a small size for ages one to seven and a larger one for five to twelve. Everything is made in Croatia from FSC-certified solid ash, aluminium joints and OEKO-TEX certified 3D mesh. The method is developed with the Faculty of Architecture’s School of Design and the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences in Zagreb.