My perspective on play is joyful exuberance. Play should be unplanned, unrestricted, uncompetitive, and undulating. Play is a place where new curiosities and original thought emerges without care for the result or aftermath. It’s self-expression. It’s physical expression. It’s emotional freedom. To play is to see the world from the top of the mighty mountain, take a deep breath, and jump off, knowing that all that all the reason and risks don’t exist there.
Designing for play is a difficult task. One must create a safe, supportive, and stimulating space. With plenty of objects, toys, arts materials, nature, and room to run. Designing an office for play should allow for ergonomic expression of the human form in an environment built for it, not built for efficiency or cost. Designing for play is designing for life. Life should be novel and fun, and purpose and aesthetics should come second to playfulness in environments such as schools, daycares, nursing homes, corporate spaces, parks, sidewalks, and even restrooms. Enjoyment should come first, and all other design components fall in line.
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