Happy mid-week! Since cute things are supposed to help you concentrate, here is a cute elk calf playing in a puddle. (I’m pretty sure I already posted this about a year ago, but it’s worth it to see it again!). You’re welcome. Related articles WATCH: Baby Elk Jumping In Puddles Is Pure Happiness (huffingtonpost.com)
This weekend, take a look around to see if you see any kids running or biking around in your neighborhood. Children playing, or not playing, can be seen as a litmus test for overall neighborhood health. Yes physical health, but also the cultural and economic health. Neighborhoods are suffering these days largely because children are […]
Sometimes it’s nice to add a little play into a normally quiet, serene space like the home. Whether you’re a superhero or still reliving your childhood, an indoor slide is obviously the best way to get from one floor to the other in your home. Here are some houses that turn slides into amazing works […]
Yippee! I loved the old Exploratorium, and it sounds like I’ll love the new one! The new home, with all of those characteristics (and a 200-seat cabaret), is opening on Wednesday, and while it doesn’t deserve unalloyed acclaim, the achievement is remarkable. Under its executive director, Dennis Bartels, the Exploratorium has preserved and expanded what […]
Reblogged from The Dirt: http://vimeo.com/dailytouslesjours/21balancoires Daily Tous les Jours, a Canadian interaction design group, creates wonderful multi-disciplinary media projects in public spaces. According to the designers, the idea is to harness mass participation to create one-of-a-kind musical events. At the same time, they also totally change the character of public spaces, getting people to have fun. […]
Super cool! For Turkish artist Mehmet Ali Uysal’s space is paramount, hence the title of this body of work, ‘Space Matters’. Always concerned with how to reshape the space around him, in his art he has achieved this exploration seamlessly. A giant clothespin pinching the landscape, Uysal takes the place of the work as the […]
Reblogged from PlayGroundology: In the interior courtyard of Ottawa’s City Hall there is a place where the door is always open. The Living Room is a multiple piece static sculpture by the design duo at Urban Keios . This is art as playground, an open invitation for children to make believe and scamper about slightly […]
Reblogged from Steve McCurry's Blog: It is a happy talent to know how to play. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Creative people are curious, flexible, persistent, and independent with a tremendous spirit of adventure and a love of play. – Henri Matisse The true object of all human life is play. – G. K. Chesterton […]
Recycle, reuse, replay! Plastic bottles, car parts, shipping containers, steel drums, and tires. No, we’re not describing a junkyard — we’re describing a potential playground. Recycled playground structures combine ingenuity, whimsy, and thrift to create spaces that are friendly to our kids and our planet alike.From Brazil to Norway to Uganda, these playgrounds are true […]
Inhabitat is on a role with their environmental enrichment stories! OakOak’s street art is created to amuse and inspire – this self-described “fun-loving” artist plays with urban elements to make people laugh. He finds broken infrastructure, crumbling buildings and cracks and gives them a facelift with the simple addition of a character in play. Everything […]
