{"id":92903,"date":"2018-07-01T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/for-the-love-of-playmobil-our-homes-toy-stories\/"},"modified":"2018-07-01T12:03:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T05:03:42","slug":"for-the-love-of-playmobil-our-homes-toy-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/for-the-love-of-playmobil-our-homes-toy-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"For the love of Playmobil: our home\u2019s toy stories"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nColour and kitsch collide in this Brazilian couple\u2019s flat, transforming it into a corner of Rio in LondonAsk graphic designer Eduardo Lima and costume designer Mauricio Carneiro to tell you why they moved to their two-bedroomed 1970s flat in north London and they\u2019ll probably tell you about Eduardo\u2019s goddaughter who lives nearby. Or how much they liked the green spaces of the communal gardens and nearby Parkland Walk. But that\u2019s only half the story. Press a little harder and you\u2019ll find out that the truth has more to do with a small plastic toy created by Hans Beck in 1974. \u201cWe have a collection of over 2,000 Playmobil figures, kept from our childhoods and added to ever since,\u201d confesses Eduardo. \u201cOne of the best things about moving into this apartment was unpacking them all. We\u2019ve never had the space to display them before \u2013 and they make me smile every time I walk past them. I sometimes imagine them having little parties while we\u2019re out.\u201dThe pair met at a fashion show in Brazil 18 years ago and bumped into each other again at a bar a week later. When Eduardo told Mauricio that he was returning to London, Mauricio\u2019s reply was simple, but momentous: \u201cMay I come with you?\u201d They\u2019ve been together ever since and a civil partnership in 2007 (later converted into a marriage) made it official. \u201cHe is my soulmate \u2013 my everything,\u201d says Eduardo, who co-runs MinaLima, the graphic design agency behind all the props for the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films as well as the wider Wizarding World franchise. Luckily, a 20-minute conversation about colour \u2013 orange and green in particular \u2013 on that fateful first date and a shared love of Playmobil meant that they were on the same page when it came to decorating the flat they bought in 2004. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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