The world needs play.

#PlayUnites Us All It connects children of all ages and abilities. It rallies communities around common ground. It brings people together from racial, economic, social, and generational divides. The world needs play—now more than ever. It’s the simplest of human needs, but the most powerful. Share your stories at #PlayUnite

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The design breakthrough was to make the new PlayCubes bigger, add more handholds, and increase visibility. The cuboctahedron has fascinated great minds for millennia—Archimedes, DaVinci, Kepler, Buckminster Fuller. They saw the tremendous potential in this shape…and so did we. Originally, PlayCubes were produced with fiberglass, making them difficult and expensive to manufacture. Originally introduced in the 1960s by architect Richard Dattner, PlayCubes have been given new life through an exclusive partnership between Dattner and Playworld. The simple geometry and open-endedness of PlayCubes...

An extension of Design Museum Foundation’s Extraordinary Playscapes exhibition, the first installation of PlayCubes is reinvigorating this urban neighborhood and drawing families out of their homes to connect.

Edward L. Gaylord Downtown YMCA Child Development Center Oklahoma City, OK One of the preschools affected by the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the YMCA Child Development Center has since relocated to a new facility with the help of donations. We were proud to help them create a colorful, nurturing atmosphere for youngsters full of imaginary play opportunities.

Climbing Squares Provide little ones with the building blocks for life…literally. Playful blocks test the limits of coordination and imagination.

Blocks are a familiar symbol of early childhood. Their simplicity appeals to little hands and their potential to be anything fosters imagination. While adults might see Climbing Squares as small, they’re just the right amount of challenge for children ages 2 to 5. Slip-resistant, textured surface pattern With a 1’ (0,30m) rise, special ledges, no barriers, and treads on top, these blocks offer a safe environment for youngsters to take risks and discover what their bodies are capable of. Recessed spaces and gaps between blocks function as hideaways and pretend play stations where children can...

This play space, located next to a baseball field, had a lot of potential, but needed some updated playground equipment Our premier installation of Climbing Squares made it the perfect community gathering place and a great spot to hang out during baseball practice!

#PlayUnites Cultures No matter the color of our skin, our ideas about religion, or the neighborhood in which we live, we are all connected in our desire to play and have fun. “Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.” —Mahatma Gandhi

All hands are welcome on this work of art! Play sculpture is both an inspiration and a destination for gathering. 14

Children are drawn to art and sculpture just like adults. Naturally, they want to interact with it, but sculpture isn’t usually designed to be played on. That’s why we created our first play sculpture: PlayForm 7. This stunning, modern structure immediately draws attention to parks, urban spaces and playgrounds. It invites people of all ages to come play and relax. Just like art, PlayForm 7 is open to interpretation. The abstract shape makes kids step back and think about how they’re going to play on it—a positive challenge that fuels creative and cognitive skills. Rope and flex treads provide...

City Hall Plaza Boston, MA PlayForm 7 made a temporary appearance on City Hall Plaza as part of Design Museum Foundation’s Extraordinary Playscapes exhibition. The interactive art installation spoke to Boston’s legacy of arts and provided residents and visitors alike with an unconventional summer playground. 1

George I. Sánchez Collaborative Community School, Albuquerque, NM More than 1,300 kids from pre-K through grade 8 are at a brand new school this year, and this play space is welcoming them all. A Bambino™ structure (shown) provides age-appropriate activities for younger students, while a separate area for kids ages 5 and up provides more challenging physical activity.

Inspired by nature, without trying to copy it. Give your post-and-platform playgrounds a breath of fresh air. 21

In the days before playgrounds, trees provided hours of physical, intellectual, relaxing, and risky play. Inspired, we decided to create a tree of our own—complementing, instead of copying, nature’s design. Branch Out revitalizes post-and-platform playgrounds while maintaining an aesthetic connection to the natural world. It offers the appealing scale and activities of tree play in a more efficient, open layout for easy supervision and multi-directional play flow. More defined handholds, a crawl-through trunk, and challenging, unpredictable rope elements allow many children to experience the...

Lakeshore Woods Par Windsor, Ontario, Can The City of Windsor is transforming old, outdated playgrounds into family destination parks. For this playground at Lakeshore Woods Park, a whimsical, nature-inspirec experience was created, with Branch Out as the focal point.

Nature Inspired Influenced by natural elements, built for maximum performance. Grid These products make of photos and renderings on white with photo/silo kids placed in. nature. outdoor play second No overhead views. No technical information. Pushes readers to the new website for more information. “Nature play” is all the rage right now and studies show it provides endless developmental benefits for children. The problem is, kids are choosing indoor, sedentary activities instead of going outside to play. Our nature-inspired components bring kids back to the playground, reintroducing them to the...