playgrounds
Toys
23 Cold War-Era Playground Rockets
7:00AM Sean Fallon | During the height of the cold war in the early 80’s you could find me on the playground of my elementary school, climbing on a rocketship similar to the 23 captured by photographer Lauren Orchowski. More »
Random Stuff
Bus Stop Swing Set: A Public Transportation Playground
9:00AM Sean Fallon | The idea of making public spaces more playful is the brainchild of artist Bruno Taylor. In this project, he modified several London bus stops with swings to brighten the day of busy commuters. Never mind the smell, the noise, or that dude rubbing up against you–a swing set at the bus stop would melt away all of the stress associated with public transportation. That is until you get a little too carried away with the swinging motion and knock out someone walking behind the bus stop with your arse. On the playground that’s detention–in the adult world it’s called assault. Haha…(ass)ault. [Pixelsumo via PSFK via Dvice] More »
Gadgets
Mobius Climbers Are Totally Awesome, Dangerous Playground Equipment
3:15AM Adam Frucci | These Mobius Climbers are super-sweet playground equipment inspired by Mobius strips, bending and curving all over the place with grips and bars for climbing. It’s the type of thing I would have killed to play on as a kid but would be forbidden to by my reasonable parents, who would see these things for what they are: high-concept kid manglers, inviting slippery-fingered first graders to take a head-first spill into a piece of sheet metal with grips protruding from its concave surface. Awesome. [Product Page via Neatorama and BornRich] More »
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