Photos from The Treehouse Gallery to be seen in Regents Park, a wonderful encampment of treehouses, swings and happenings. Recommended.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
parklife
Photos from The Treehouse Gallery to be seen in Regents Park, a wonderful encampment of treehouses, swings and happenings. Recommended.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
SNUG & OUTANDABOUT
Hattie is on the play trail this summer as part of a roadshow organised by Robin of Sutcliffe Play, travelling the nation to talk play.
‘Genius Loci’ seminars will address the current issues which challenge and confront play providers today.
The first seminar will be on 11 June in Dublin, hosted by Sugradh, the IPPA (the Early Childhood Organisation) and Allplay. This will be followed by seminars in Belfast (June 12), Wakefield (July 10) and Cardiff (July 18). Autumn dates in London and Edinburgh are to be confirmed.
Managing Director of Sutcliffe Play, Robin Sutcliffe, said: “In Roman mythology a genius loci was the protective spirit of a place, often depicted as a snake. Now it usually refers to a location’s distinctive atmosphere and is the foundation for one of the principles of landscape architecture – that designs should always be adapted to the context in which they are located.
“This should equally be applied to play spaces and forms the background to this series of seminars.”
Hattie will be the first of the day’s speakers, her theme: “Nature is all very well but…”
Hattie will be followed by Noel Farrer, landscape architect, CABE Enabler and Director of Farrer Huxley Associates – a London practice specialising in the development of meaningful, quality spaces for people to enjoy and play. He will look at public realm space and asks “Who needs standards anyway?”
Bernard Spiegal, Principal of PLAYLINK, will then address the issue of consultation with a talk titled “Consultation – stop it, please, stop it!”
The final talk of the morning will by given by Robin Sutcliffe of Sutcliffe Play. He will state his case with “What’s your problem with fixed play equipment?”
The seminars, which cost £50 (€70 for Dublin) will include lunch and a CPD certificate of attendance.
For details on how to book a place email lisad@sutcliffeplay.co.uk or telephone 01977 653200.
‘Genius Loci’ seminars will address the current issues which challenge and confront play providers today.
The first seminar will be on 11 June in Dublin, hosted by Sugradh, the IPPA (the Early Childhood Organisation) and Allplay. This will be followed by seminars in Belfast (June 12), Wakefield (July 10) and Cardiff (July 18). Autumn dates in London and Edinburgh are to be confirmed.
Managing Director of Sutcliffe Play, Robin Sutcliffe, said: “In Roman mythology a genius loci was the protective spirit of a place, often depicted as a snake. Now it usually refers to a location’s distinctive atmosphere and is the foundation for one of the principles of landscape architecture – that designs should always be adapted to the context in which they are located.
“This should equally be applied to play spaces and forms the background to this series of seminars.”
Hattie will be the first of the day’s speakers, her theme: “Nature is all very well but…”
Hattie will be followed by Noel Farrer, landscape architect, CABE Enabler and Director of Farrer Huxley Associates – a London practice specialising in the development of meaningful, quality spaces for people to enjoy and play. He will look at public realm space and asks “Who needs standards anyway?”
Bernard Spiegal, Principal of PLAYLINK, will then address the issue of consultation with a talk titled “Consultation – stop it, please, stop it!”
The final talk of the morning will by given by Robin Sutcliffe of Sutcliffe Play. He will state his case with “What’s your problem with fixed play equipment?”
The seminars, which cost £50 (€70 for Dublin) will include lunch and a CPD certificate of attendance.
For details on how to book a place email lisad@sutcliffeplay.co.uk or telephone 01977 653200.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Design for Play: Creating Successful Play Spaces
Snug & Outdoor have just received details of this presentation, available now:
A presentation based on the forthcoming publication Design for Play: A guide to creating successful play spaces, by Aileen Shackell, Nicola Butler, Phil Doyle and David Ball, published by Play England and the Department for Children, Families and Schools is now available on the Free Play Network website at:
http://www.freeplaynetwork.org.uk/designforplay
Online Discussion Forum, 16 - 27 June 2008
There will be an opportunity to put your questions direct to the authors of Design for Play in an online discussion forum on designing for play from 16 - 27 June 2008 on the Free Play Network website, http://www.freeplaynetwork.org.uk/discussion/designforplay
Speakers and Workshops
The Free Play Network can provide speakers and workshops on the issues raised in Design for Play.
For more information on Design for Play and other Free Play Network services, please contact:
Nicola Butler
Director
Free Play Network
129 Lancaster Road
Barnet
Herts
EN4 8AJ
020 8440 9276
nbutler@freeplaynetwork.org.uk
www.freeplaynetwork.org.uk
Join the Free Play Network contact lists
We would appreciate your help in disseminating information about the Free Play Network's work. If you care to, please:
* Send this notice to individuals and organisations offering them the opportunity to join the Freeplay Network emailing list. This will help keep them informed about events and developments.
* To subscribe to their email list, go to: http://www.freeplaynetwork.org.uk/join/index.php
A presentation based on the forthcoming publication Design for Play: A guide to creating successful play spaces, by Aileen Shackell, Nicola Butler, Phil Doyle and David Ball, published by Play England and the Department for Children, Families and Schools is now available on the Free Play Network website at:
http://www.freeplaynetwork.org.uk/designforplay
Online Discussion Forum, 16 - 27 June 2008
There will be an opportunity to put your questions direct to the authors of Design for Play in an online discussion forum on designing for play from 16 - 27 June 2008 on the Free Play Network website, http://www.freeplaynetwork.org.uk/discussion/designforplay
Speakers and Workshops
The Free Play Network can provide speakers and workshops on the issues raised in Design for Play.
For more information on Design for Play and other Free Play Network services, please contact:
Nicola Butler
Director
Free Play Network
129 Lancaster Road
Barnet
Herts
EN4 8AJ
020 8440 9276
nbutler@freeplaynetwork.org.uk
www.freeplaynetwork.org.uk
Join the Free Play Network contact lists
We would appreciate your help in disseminating information about the Free Play Network's work. If you care to, please:
* Send this notice to individuals and organisations offering them the opportunity to join the Freeplay Network emailing list. This will help keep them informed about events and developments.
* To subscribe to their email list, go to: http://www.freeplaynetwork.org.uk/join/index.php
Friday, April 25, 2008
this is happening
Hattie Coppard of Snug & Outdoor spoke recently at THIS HAPPENED, a regular series of events on interactive design.
Organiser Chris O'Shea is doing a 6 min talk on tuesday (20 slides, 20 seconds per slide) and wrote to tell us that Snug & Outdoor feature in it.
Chris says: it's about the playful things that i like essentially.
this is the event:
http://nmk.co.uk/2008/03/17/ill-show-you-mine/
Oh and here are lots of links to good blog coverage of Hattie's appearance:
http://designswarm.com/blog/2008/03/08/this-happened-3-a-report/
http://www.thomevincent.com/blog/index.php?2008/03/05/378-this-happened
http://www.tomhume.org/2008/03/this-happened.html
http://itsthirdyear.blogspot.com/2008/03/hattie-coppard-snug-and-outdoor.html
Theres about 10 pages of photos here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/thishappened-london-0308
these happening people
Organiser Chris O'Shea is doing a 6 min talk on tuesday (20 slides, 20 seconds per slide) and wrote to tell us that Snug & Outdoor feature in it.
Chris says: it's about the playful things that i like essentially.
this is the event:
http://nmk.co.uk/2008/03/17/ill-show-you-mine/
Oh and here are lots of links to good blog coverage of Hattie's appearance:
http://designswarm.com/blog/2008/03/08/this-happened-3-a-report/
http://www.thomevincent.com/blog/index.php?2008/03/05/378-this-happened
http://www.tomhume.org/2008/03/this-happened.html
http://itsthirdyear.blogspot.com/2008/03/hattie-coppard-snug-and-outdoor.html
Theres about 10 pages of photos here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/thishappened-london-0308
these happening people
this is happening too
THE NICOLAS WALTER MEMORIAL LECTURE
1968 And All That, 10 May 2008
South Place Ethical Society, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1
The Child at Play
Ken Worpole
Images of children at play in the streets and on the bomb-sites of post-war Europe created a new sensibility around childhood and notions of a better world to be made. Children's street games anticipated the reclamation of the streets as a domain of liberty well in advance of the events of 1968. Ken Worpole looks at the role that photographers such as Nigel Henderson, Roger Mayne, Bert Hardy, Jimmy Forsythe and song collectors such as the Opies and JTR Ritchie played in shaping a vision of childhood as a realm of liberty and freedom of expression, which set the tone for free politics in the 1960s.
2pm, Library, Free Admission
Ken Worpole is a writer on architecture, landscape and public policy. A new edition of his
study of radical fiction, Dockers & Detectives, has just been re-published
by Five Leaves Publications.
Nicolas Walter (1934 - 2000) was an anarchist, secularist and writer on
social questions. His book, The Anarchist Past and other essays, is
published by Five Leaves Publications.
"1968 and all that" is a day of celebration - one, two, many meetings - and an all day book fair. Full details on www.1968andallthat.net
1968 And All That, 10 May 2008
South Place Ethical Society, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1
The Child at Play
Ken Worpole
Images of children at play in the streets and on the bomb-sites of post-war Europe created a new sensibility around childhood and notions of a better world to be made. Children's street games anticipated the reclamation of the streets as a domain of liberty well in advance of the events of 1968. Ken Worpole looks at the role that photographers such as Nigel Henderson, Roger Mayne, Bert Hardy, Jimmy Forsythe and song collectors such as the Opies and JTR Ritchie played in shaping a vision of childhood as a realm of liberty and freedom of expression, which set the tone for free politics in the 1960s.
2pm, Library, Free Admission
Ken Worpole is a writer on architecture, landscape and public policy. A new edition of his
study of radical fiction, Dockers & Detectives, has just been re-published
by Five Leaves Publications.
Nicolas Walter (1934 - 2000) was an anarchist, secularist and writer on
social questions. His book, The Anarchist Past and other essays, is
published by Five Leaves Publications.
"1968 and all that" is a day of celebration - one, two, many meetings - and an all day book fair. Full details on www.1968andallthat.net
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