Following on the swing theme, the Sense Light Swing from Lervik Design:
“Made from plastic with fibre optic lighting inserted. On a dark summer night the swing creates a spectacular light show that lights up a whole garden in the most beautiful way.”
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Bruno Taylor (no website) sent in two of his projects. The first is hijacking public spaces to make them more playful, in this case adding swings to London bus stops.
“71% of adults used to play on the streets when they were young. 21% of children do so now. Are we designing children and play […]

I’ve been meaning to post these for a while, examples of augmenting sound in the playground…

“At first sight the Laughing Swing looks like a simple, regular swing. When you sit on it, it chuckles. As you swing, it laughs, and the higher you go, the harder it laughs. At the peak swinging it is laughing […]

Starslide is an artwork by Liliane Lijn, commissioned by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity for the Evelina Childrens Hospital in London…
“The difficulty in making a work of art that is at the same time a functional children’s slide, is in creating both without compromising either. My concept of sculpture is that no part of it […]

Do you know the annoying but addictive toy Bop It from Hasbro? If not, watch this video. Basically it tells you what to do, (bop/pull/spin/twist/flick) and you follow the action as it commands you faster and faster.
This is the basic principle behind i-Play (intelligent play), new playground equipment from Playdale. This frame houses a […]

At the New Designers show I saw this brilliant project, the See-Saw Bench from Kerri Stevens. Her justification about play in our daily lives is something I also am exploring in my recent work…
“Remember as a child playing at the park, challenging each other to see who can swing the highest or bump each […]

Continuing research into play in everyday situations, I was very happy to stumble upon the Play! range from BCXSY (cooperative between designers Boaz Cohen and Sayaka Yamamoto).
“PLAY! consists of a collection of products that was conceived out of a desire to bring a sense of nostalgia and playfulness into the grown-up environment. Recognizable childhood […]

German artist Carsten Holler has been commissioned to create this new work, entitled Test Site, for the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, part of the Unilever Series. Test Site consists of 5 giant spiralling slides, linking the upper galleries with the Hall!
“Carsten Holler has called his work Test Site as it relates to his wider […]