PLAYPUMP

Many thanks to Ned Crowe from Arup for passing on this fantastic way of pumping water using minimal technology and maximum fun.

the gathering

play beyond the playground

A wonderful gathering of artists and playful thinkers took place at Snug & Outdoor HQ last week.

Tim Gill - (http://www.rethinkingchildhood.com) Writer, researcher, adviser on children's play and childhood, Stuart Lester - Senior Lecturer in play at Gloucester University, Chris Meade - Director of If:book (http://www.bookfutures.com/) and long time co-conspirator, Chris O'shea - (http://www.chrisoshea.org) digital artist making playful public installations, Reem Charif architect/designer with Febrik, (http://febrik.org/) creating playful spaces with children in Lebanese refugee camps, Bruno Taylor (http://www.bigbrudesign.co.uk) and Vincenzo Vi Maria (http://www.vdmdesign.net) designers who subvert public space with play, and Hattie and Tim from Snug & Outdoor….

All day we discussed flexible space, disruptive space, play as the creation of uncertainty and of balance. We looked at playful wonders in refugee camps, school playgrounds, a Japanese plaza, Gillett Square, London bus stops… We ate delicious food, drank coffee and wine and agreed that this is fun and inspiring…

Who knows what next….??