“The Hippo and the Donkey” was born in Kastoria, a region in northern Greece with a long tradition in textile craftsmanship. Our family workshop carries over 40 years of experience, passed down from mother to daughter.

This know-how became the foundation of a brand who puts children’s everyday lives at the heart of everything we create.

We believe in a childhood full of play, movement, nature and freedom. In children who explore, get messy, try new things and grow through real-life experiences. We don’t design products just to sit on a shelf or be worn in a single photo.

For us, sustainability and respect for people and the environment are not trends, but rather a way of thinking and living. We stay true to a simple principle: fewer, better things. We create products made to be used freely, made to last, and eventually passed on with love from one child to the next.

All of our products are sewn by hand in our workshop in Kastoria.

We work in small batches and avoid keeping large stock, helping us reduce overproduction while giving each product the time and attention it deserves.

We choose durable, safe and organic fabrics, certified to GOTS and OEKO-TEX standards.

We support local production in Greece and source most of our materials domestically. When that isn’t possible, we work with carefully selected suppliers across Europe.

Our products grow out of real needs and moments from our own everyday lives.

That’s how our Make your bike happy bicycle basket came to be: one day, together with Alcyone, we simply wanted to add a little colour to a plain scooter.

For us, the best ideas don’t come from passing trends. They begin from those small moments that, with thoughtful design and care, can be made just a little bit better.

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We want every parent who chooses the hippo and the donkey to feel confident knowing that someone has already taken the time to think through every single detail for them: from the placement of the zipper and label to how many washes the product will go through.

We want our brand to continue to grow and reach more families, without losing sight of the values it was built on.

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