Posts tagged: play
A Shipping Container Playground.
By Chrisjob
Over the last few years, shipping containers have been recycled into everything from storage sheds to emergency houses to entire wings of homes. But none seem so useful or poetic or FUN! as Skinners Playground by Phooey Architects in Melbourne. "Many of the structural elements in the Skinners Playground are simply container cut outs that have been repositioned. The stair railings, shade overhangs, and balconies are all parts of abandoned cont » READ MORE
A Living Room Fort for Grown Ups
By HillaryJohnson
Something shockingly mnemonic about this art installation. I loved building forts as a kid, and seeing this I feel like I could happily live in it for the rest of my life.
My plan this summer is to make a fort in the back yard, out of a gazebo from Target, fill it with cast-off furniture, and leave it up for weeks, as a kind of fantasy haven. Found on Swissmiss.
DIY Tree Swing.
By ChrisjobCan't beat a classic.
John Vivian offers a basic how-to using a single plank and a bit of rope.
How to make your own cardboard furniture
By brunoAdmit it; you long for the old days when you used to spend the days playing in the belly of a cardboard refrigerator box all day, making forts and space-ships and other improbable structures. Well, FoldSchool makes it easy to build your own carboard furniture (for FREE!):
