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Wicksteed Playgrounds
http://www.wicksteed.co.uk/rainbow-room-p1061.html http://www.wicksteed.co.uk/activity-box-p868.html http://www.wicksteed.co.uk/playground-projects-christchurch-dorset-pp6.html http://www.wicksteed.co.uk/playground-projects-tamworth-staffordshire-pp29.html Schoolscapes http://www.schoolscapes.co.uk/product-tag/ks1/page/3/?show_products=all http://www.schoolscapes.co.uk/product/water-play-wall/ https://www.playdale.co.uk http://www.caledoniaplay.com/product/bespoke-play-areas/
Interested in school environment for play, I thought I'd research a little into what play equipment is there available for schools. I was also interested in the costs and production of such equipment as well if I was to take the route of a career into playground design.
Whitechapel Gallery Children Commissions
http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/childrens-art-commission-eva-rothschild-boys-and-sculpture/ http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/childrens-art-commission-simon-tom-bloor-loose-parts/
Children’s Commission 2012: Eva Rothschild 'Boys and Sculpture'
http://popupplaytoy.com
This project intrigued me because it incorporates digital technology to allow a child to create their own designs for a cardboard 'house' to colour in and play with at home, however it's very limited with themes and motifs of which children can select from. It's near enough a blank canvas to work on so when they recieve the cardboard cut outs, children can add extra motifs hand-drawn if they wish to. What I do appreciate is that it has the option to allow the child ownership to the placements of designs, doors and windows, as well as colour scheme when they recieve it, but its still very restrictive in its design.
http://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/patrick-doughertys-stickwork-in-salem-and-sausalito
In comparison of creating a personal 'den' space digitally and man-made above, I found the project 'Stickwork' which uses nature to inhibit outdoor space and buildings. If I saw these natural installations, my natural instinct would be to explore them because my curious mind is intrigued, and I think children who are discovering more about the world everyday would most likely be intrigued by them also as they're natural materials yet have been made imitate man-made habitat eg, doors and window space.
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