09/04/2010

Book review: Play all day..Design for children




'play all day' reminds us of the power of play and its ability to fuel imagination and creativity.

A new book featuring many Dutch designers presents the best design for children. It is including products, toys, furniture, interior, architecture, playground and playful ways for children that makes a difference through objects and environments. This book divided into five sections: let's play, playgrounds, home sweet home, exploration and express yourself. It also mentioned about three things are important for children: Challenging tasks to grow from, good examples to learn from and a nurturing community/ environment that makes them feel at home.
Children have imaginations that run wild. They always can find interesting things while playing with the simplest things such as their cutlury, cardboard box, mud and sand. To kids, everything is fulled of curiosity and fun. 'Play all day' emphasized on children's playground where children can learn most about their life and develop their personalities and the potential for discovery through design solutions which include furniture, architecture and illustration.

*some project/works:

Ineke Han's Black Beauties collection is made from 100% recycled plasticmaking itfun indoors and out. It show that children do not only react to colours, but very often respond to shapes, opportunities and way of playing with things.

carve: wall-holla
'wall-holla' is a multifunctional play structure that carve originally designed as part of a schoolyard, but has now become a stand-alone playground. the structure includes a football field,
a climbing facility and enough equipment for more than 60 children to play simultaneously, even though it is a very compact space. the vertical structure unites several functions which appeal to various age groups including lounging spaces, a crawl-through maze and climbing wall.
text by daily coverage


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