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Adventurous Playgrounds in Camden, London, by Erect Architecture
To encourage physical activity in London’s Borough of Camden, erect architecture has designed a series of active, adventurous places for Camden schools. I’m particularly pleased to see that for this...
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Hebrew Language Park – Rishon Letzion – Pedagogy and Play
For the past several years Israel’s park planners have devoted their efforts to “themed” playgrounds. This trend began in the City of Holon, which branded itself as “The City of Children” and has...
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Toshiko in Toledo! #playtimeTMA
Ohmyearsandwhiskers, not only is the beautiful “Harmonic Motion” net playscape by Toshiko and Charles MacAdam, lately in Rome, now in residence at the Toledo, Ohio Museum of Art as part of their...
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Los Trompos (Spinning Tops), Héctor Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena, High Museum...
It is so exciting to see the increasing focus of museums and public spaces on play…I’ll be featuring several today. Following on last year’s successful installation of Mi Casa Su Casa–an array of red...
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Los Trompos (Spinning Tops)
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View ArticleHopscotch Performance Art, Marta Minujin, Paris, 2014
Last year artist Argentinian artist Marta Minujin filled the Palais Royal in Paris with 70 hopscotch games in her signature style of brightly colored stripes. The three day installation–whose opening...
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Pentalum: Playful Bliss at the Lawn on D in Boston
Paige’s Note: Rounding out our set of play-enlivening-public-spaces this week is the recent installation of Pentalum at Boston’s Lawn on D. And here to describe it is Chris Wangro–who started off in...
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Past, Present and Future of Play, NYC, @Van_Alen Institute, Saturday June 13
In addition to museums and public spaces commissioning playful installations, there are a wealth of play and play history-focused exhibitions and symposiums this summer as well. Act fast to take...
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#TBT Russian Swing, Michael Golosovskiy, 1977
I love the variation of swings between cultures, and I’ve never seen one quite like this wooden-armed version, photographed by Michael Golosovskiy in 1977. [via] The post #TBT Russian Swing, Michael...
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#TBT Vintage Russian Playground Chalkboards, 1960
Also from the former USSR, this 1960 photo entitled “The Orange Sun” by Anatoly Khrupov, of children making chalk drawings on a ground surface of hexagons. I can’t tell if they’re intentional...
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Playful, Colorful Grounds for Play by NIP Paysage
If you’re making a playground, don’t forget to make the ground plane itself as playful as possible! It is the surface that the kids will touch the most, and to neglect it by just pouring out safety...
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#PlaySculptureSaturday: What’s Progression, Fitzhugh Karol, 2014
“Natural” Playground Sculpture that juxtaposes the profile of a mountain range with the Manhattan skyline. And then lets you climb on it. Fitzhugh Karol at the Socrates Sculpture Park, part of last...
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Skadbergbakken Playground, Helen and Hard, Sola, Norway, 2015
Norwegian architectural firm Helen and Hard are best known, in the playground world, for their innovative Geopark, which references the oilfield history of Stavanger in both its recycled materials and...
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How We Play – Call for Exhibition Entries! Deadline July 1!
The deadline is actually TODAY, July 1, not July 6 as previously posted. Apologies for the error. There’s still time (but only just, so hurry!) to share a play space project of your own—temporary or...
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#TBT Vintage Modernist Playground, Berlin, 1956, Eduard Ludwig
From the Germanpostwarmodern tumblr…Eduard Ludwig was a Bauhaus architect best known for his monument to the Berlin Airlift. I couldn’t find any additional information on this 1956 playground (which...
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Camparc, Free Play with Technology, Hubbub, Netherlands, 2015
I’m always excited to see new integrations of technology and play….these are the playscapes of the future, and even while we honor ‘traditional’ playgrounds we need to keep pushing forward with new...
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Two Ways Philadelphia is Encouraging Public Play Space
Paige’s Note: In this month’s ‘After the Deadline’ column play historian and author Susan Solomon continues her investigation of ‘playground patronage’…the all important financial support and the...
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Boston Play-Day, Saturday July 18, noon to 5 pm!
Mark your calendar for Play-Day at the Lawn on D THIS SATURDAY from noon to 5 pm! Come play on installations by the Boston Children’s Museum and the Museum of Science, as well as rising design stars...
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Swarovski’s Crystal World Playscape, Wattens Austria, Snøhetta, 2015
An interesting aspect of new playground patronage systems are the playspaces designed by large corporations as part of the visitor experience. These can be virtually unlimited in both budget and...
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