– Openfabric and Dmau studio completed an urban park and playground based on the distinction between the build environment and the wild nature, teaching children how to move between the two.
– Designing “A Warm Clinic” in Tianjin, China, RIGI Design turned a cold medical space into a lively terminal which connects to people, spreading warmth and caring.
– To overcome the lack of public playgound infrastructures due to overpopulation, B.U.S Architecture designed a modular, foldable structure to back up a number of different games.
– In a site close to the woods in Poland, Mode:lina divided a single family house in two, carefully separating spaces for kids and adults, with a common ground floor.
– Young South Korean designers Minwoo Lee and Taewoo Kim created a simple object made of various materials, shapes, and combinations of colors.
– Woodyzoody, a collection of small, wooden animals by 13 designers, offers a starting point for an interesting conversation with Enzo Mari, inventor in 1973 of a set of 16 animals and another of 16 fish: from toys for children to being a parent today.
– At the NGV in Melbourne, Catalan designer Martí Guixé will present an interactive large-scale exhibition developed especially for children to inspire a rethinking of the ways we eat.
– FARM – the workshop of territorial regeneration in the heart of Favara, Sicily – celebrated its sixth anniversary in June with a packed programme of events, with new activities such as the School of Architecture for Children.
– Riva, the iconic Italian shipbuilding company, has presented a family of wooden building toy boats designed by Madeindreams, handmade in Italy without glue.
– On the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro Patricia Erimescu built a library without any electric tools, using only locally traditional methods and innovating them step by step, with the active participation of the inhabitants of the village and the parents.
Top: Minwoo Lee and Taewoo Kim, Tomogram Toy, 2016