

Alper Demir, Anna van Gerve
Apr 13, 2019
INSPIRATION 4: MillerGoodman's Shapemaker
Zoe Miller and David Goodman are two designers who live and work in Brighton (UK). After producing a series of children's books for the...


Alper Demir, Anna van Gerve
Mar 24, 2019
INSPIRATION 3: Donna Wilson's Creatures
The life of kids is not all pink elephants and fluffy rabbits. That is one of the reasons why Donna Wilson’s Creatures are so great. She...


Alper Demir, Anna van Gerve
Mar 17, 2019
INSPIRATION 2: Renate Müller’s Therapeutic Toys (1967)
In the 1960’s German toy designer Renate Müller attended Sonneberg’s Polytechnic for Toy Design. There, lessons about the Bauhaus and...


Alper Demir, Anna van Gerve
Mar 3, 2019
INSPIRATION 1: Bauhaus Bauspiel (1923)
Since our background is in art – we both studied Fine Arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam – our inspiration mostly comes...


Anna van Gerve
Jan 22, 2019
No more plastic
Recently we saw this enormous whale made of five tons of plastic waste swimming in the ocean. With this project, originally made for the...


Anna van Gerve
Nov 11, 2018
Left-over animals
We are finally ready to present our latest project! The outlines of our new wooden creatures are inspired by the curving shapes of...


Alper Demir, Anna van Gerve
May 26, 2018
Birds, birds, birds
These days we are working on a very fun new project, using left-over wood of older projects. We spent a really nice time together,...


Alper Demir, Anna van Gerve
Apr 23, 2018
Kaplum in De Trouw
Last weekend a full-page article about us was published in Dutch national newspaper De Trouw. We were really fortunate to meet Dutch...


Alper Demir, Anna van Gerve
Mar 24, 2018
Markets, markets, markets
We are attending more and more markets. Last month you could visit us at The Maker Market in Amsterdam and we will be there again next...


Alper Demir, Anna van Gerve
Nov 29, 2017
The Maker Market x Etsy made in NL
Last weekend we were selling our products at a special edition of The Maker Market in De Hallen in Amsterdam. This market is held every...


Anna van Gerve
Aug 10, 2017
Wallie
I don’t know if every child has a plush toy so important it is just not an option to loose it. I suppose many do. I did. Wallie, my...


Anna van Gerve
Apr 5, 2017
Our name
Since we launched our website, quite some people have been asking us about the meaning of Kaplum. It comes from the Turkish word for...


Alper Demir, Anna van Gerve
Mar 14, 2017
Forest on Wheels
We are currently working on our very first wooden toy project Forest on Wheels. This will be a series of five separate forest animals on...


Alper Demir
Feb 15, 2017
A New Woodwork Studio
I am part of a foundation called Broedplaats Fenix. Within this foundation a wide range of creative people work on their craft, trying to...


Anna van Gerve
Feb 14, 2017
From Sweater to Quilt
Last weeks I have been working on a quilt inspired by an old sweater my brother used to wear almost thirty years ago. Once my brother...


Alper Demir
Dec 26, 2016
Japanese Carpentry
Miya Shoji is a traditional Japanese carpentry workshop on 17th street in New York. Miya Shoji is built on the Japanese idea that that...


Anna van Gerve
Dec 10, 2016
Flat Animals
While the outside is getting colder and colder, the sky turning washed out grey, my mind drifts to warmer places. My new subject is...


Anna van Gerve
Nov 6, 2015
The Art of Waiting
What do you do when you are over nine months pregnant and you wake up morning after morning confronted with your sons decision to stay in...