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Photos
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The making
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About you
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Review
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Thank you,
it's in the collection.

Your submission is being reviewed — usually a day or two. Once it's live, it becomes a part of the collection and you'll have shared your creative caring.

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Step 1 of 4

Add your photos

Don't worry about perfect lighting or tidy backgrounds — the real thing is always the best thing. Up to 5 photos per entry.

Framing locked to landscape — all your photos will use this shape

Drop your photo here

JPG, PNG or WEBP · up to 20MB each

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Step 2 of 4

About the making

The story is what makes the difference. Just a few words are enough.

Short and sweet. This becomes the headline of your entry.

How and why you made it.

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Not sure? Choose the closest — or Other if nothing fits.

Step 3 of 4

A little about you

Just enough to credit your entry properly. No surnames — just who made it and who it was made for.

A first name or nickname is fine.

First name (or initials) and age only — no surnames please.

We'll only use this to let you know when your entry goes live. We'll never share it with anyone.

Step 4 of 4

Ready to share?

Your entry will be reviewed before it goes live — usually within a day or two. Take a moment to check everything looks right.

Your photos

About the making

What—
Category—
Story—

About you

Maker—
Made for—
How it will look in the collection
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Your creation will appear here

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About

About this project

Every day, parents and carers are making things, not for galleries or algorithms, but because they care. These acts are often overlooked, undervalued, or dismissed. We think they matter. A lot.

This is an invitation to share what you've made with or for your children, or anyone you care about. Anything that you have glued, knitted, squidged, painted, sewn or stapled or built, it all counts.

This isn't about perfection. It's not about being the "best" or doing the most. It's about the care behind the making.

In lives shaped by work, time pressure, and responsibility, creativity can feel like just another demand. But it can also be a way to connect, to play, to find fun in the day. We want to hold space for that.

This project is about making care visible, insisting it is creative, skilled, and valuable. Not secondary. Not invisible. Essential.

By building this shared archive, we're pushing back against narrow ideas of what counts as creativity, design, and work.

One day, we hope to bring these works together in an exhibition. If you want to be part of that or know a space, let's talk!

Who we are

Things We Make for Them is created by Tort Robinson, a design researcher, educator, practitioner, and parent exploring care, creativity, and sustainable design.

Contact

Get in touch

Whether you want to contribute, ask a question, or talk about collaborating — please write. We read every message.

Message sent

Thank you — we'll be in touch.

Privacy

Privacy

We collect only what we need. We never sell data, and we don't run advertising.

What we collect

When you add something: your display name, the photo(s) you upload, and the description you write. Optionally, your email — never shown publicly, only used to contact you about your submission.

What we never do

We don't sell, share, or rent your data. No advertising. No tracking cookies. No behaviour profiling.

Your content

You keep ownership of everything you share. You can ask us to remove your contribution at any time by contacting us.

Children

Please don't include a child's surname, school name, or identifiable location. First names and ages only.

Last updated April 2026