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A small studio
with a long memory.

the practice of making digital things for childhood, a state of attention more than an age, with the care a good book is given.

Childhood begins with a single voice. Stories are told and told again, near a fire or at a window. The voice repeats. The page is held. The screen is set down. Each generation builds new ways to hold the same kind of attention, layering systems on top of what came before, moving further from the room a child is actually in.

We make things for childhood. A state of attention more than an age.

a small note, loud enough to remember.

Most of our work today is for children. but the discipline travels. We take on the occasional consultation outside of childhood when the fit is right. Some of what we make is ours, Apps ↗, some is written and drawn, Stories, some is small enough to disappear into a day, Tools, and some is made carefully with Partners.

how we work.

We work slowly on a small number of products at a time. We ask what kind of attention a child is in when they use this, and design for that. We build for the room the device is in as much as for the screen.
  • Principle 01

    Slow.

    We choose what to make, then make it carefully.

  • Principle 02

    Considered.

    The room the device is in matters as much as the screen.

  • Principle 03

    Durable.

    Made to be used, loved, and set down again.

what we make.
what we don't.

We design and build software for children. We do not do social, gambling, or anything we would hide from our own families.
  • 01

    Apps for children.

    From a first idea to the App Store. Reading flow, audio fidelity, the moment before a child taps the next button.

  • 02

    Stories.

    Interactive and linear. Written, drawn, voiced. Made to be read more than once.

  • 03

    Tools.

    Quiet utilities for a child or for the adults around them. Small, learned, and set aside.

  • 04

    Partner work.

    When a partner is making something for childhood, we sometimes help. Outside of that, we take on the occasional consultation when the fit is right.

what we are watching.

Work and ideas we keep returning to. Studios, stories, voices, and small tools that earn the time they ask for.
  • 01 · Reading

    Reading

    Picture books that age into chapter books. Pages made for slow looking. The kind of book a child keeps and a parent ends up reading along with.

  • 02 · Audio

    Audio

    Voice without the body of the teller. Recorded reading for children, and the small craft of asking a child to listen with the lights on.

  • 03 · Quiet tools

    Quiet tools

    Small utilities for a child or for the adults around them. Used once a day, then set aside. The opposite of an app that asks for the next minute.

  • 04 · Partner work

    Partner work

    Studios, schools, and small publishers making careful things for childhood. Partners who want a build, not a pitch.

the work is to be worth a child's time.
let's build something small, careful, and worth keeping.

tell us what you are working on. we read every note.

hello@eenhoorndigital.com