Beehive
(2020) In Diploma work IDEL01 20201Industrial Design
- Abstract
- I started out this project with an interest in how important play is
for a healthy childhood. I wanted to investigate in how we can develop
play equipment for playgrounds and how the form language
affects the imagination.
To expand my knowledge, I reached out to playground responsible
at Malmö stad for an interview and also met a school class to
ask about their opinions on playgrounds. After I had done my research
on today’s playgrounds, I saw it as problematic that they often
had a theme and boxed in the play to suit the theme. Also, that
some of the playgrounds were not seen as exiting because they
were seen as too safe because they did not provide any challenges.
I got very interested in abstract forms and forms that were... (More) - I started out this project with an interest in how important play is
for a healthy childhood. I wanted to investigate in how we can develop
play equipment for playgrounds and how the form language
affects the imagination.
To expand my knowledge, I reached out to playground responsible
at Malmö stad for an interview and also met a school class to
ask about their opinions on playgrounds. After I had done my research
on today’s playgrounds, I saw it as problematic that they often
had a theme and boxed in the play to suit the theme. Also, that
some of the playgrounds were not seen as exiting because they
were seen as too safe because they did not provide any challenges.
I got very interested in abstract forms and forms that were
inspired by nature, so I experimented with sketches and clay. I then
chose the form that I was most fond of and that also fulfilled a purpose
within play and then I refined it.
The result became a playground equipment that is built out of
hexagons to create a durable build that is also inspired by nature’s
own building methods.
It fulfills the need of curiosity and to explore by giving the possibility
to hide and create your own world.
This is one product of several that could be a different approach
of how we form playgrounds. Instead of deciding what kind of play
that would occur we give the tools to explore and apply your own
imagination to it. (Less)
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- author
- Christensson, Lovisa
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- IDEL01 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- publication/series
- Diploma work
- report number
- ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/ EX--20/50481-SE
- other publication id
- ISRN
- language
- English
- id
- 9023832
- date added to LUP
- 2020-07-03 06:55:24
- date last changed
- 2020-07-03 06:55:24
@misc{9023832,
abstract = {{I started out this project with an interest in how important play is
for a healthy childhood. I wanted to investigate in how we can develop
play equipment for playgrounds and how the form language
affects the imagination.
To expand my knowledge, I reached out to playground responsible
at Malmö stad for an interview and also met a school class to
ask about their opinions on playgrounds. After I had done my research
on today’s playgrounds, I saw it as problematic that they often
had a theme and boxed in the play to suit the theme. Also, that
some of the playgrounds were not seen as exiting because they
were seen as too safe because they did not provide any challenges.
I got very interested in abstract forms and forms that were
inspired by nature, so I experimented with sketches and clay. I then
chose the form that I was most fond of and that also fulfilled a purpose
within play and then I refined it.
The result became a playground equipment that is built out of
hexagons to create a durable build that is also inspired by nature’s
own building methods.
It fulfills the need of curiosity and to explore by giving the possibility
to hide and create your own world.
This is one product of several that could be a different approach
of how we form playgrounds. Instead of deciding what kind of play
that would occur we give the tools to explore and apply your own
imagination to it.}},
author = {{Christensson, Lovisa}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
series = {{Diploma work}},
title = {{Beehive}},
year = {{2020}},
}