Setting up The Play Room
No parameters, no direction, no structure, what to to do?
Thinking differently,
doing first making first
different to thinking on paper first
build something we can get into
work together to build a round meeting space
change the structural methods in the process
a low house with an outhouse
a moon to look through
aerial connector for messages
a helicopter runs down it
gaining confidence to pursue ideas
open-ended to find out what might happen
cardboard, wool, wood shavings
tables, tape, bubble wrap
paper, chairs, pole, cotton
tubs of rags
Paul Rand and the play instinct Design Dialogues at Paul.Rand.com
http://www.paul-rand.com/foundation/thoughts_playInstinct/#.UPRZMKXtHBE
Huizinga's book Homo Ludens play
“Play is tense,” says Johan Huizinga. “It is the element of tension and solution that governs all solitary games of skill.”
Palle Nielsen's The Model the importance of having fun
experimentation cannot happen without play
http://www.playengland.org.uk/media/120426/free-play-in-early-childhood.pdf
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