Playshapes

Playshapes is a premium, flexible piece of play equipment designed for destinations that value curiosity, creativity, and exceptional play experiences.

Designed to complement an existing play offer or stand alone as an indoor play solution, these colourful shapes create a playful landscape that invites movement, imagination, and discovery.

Designed for open-ended exploration, Playshapes encourages families to build, move, and play together in ways that spark creativity and collaboration. 

What are Playshapes? 

Playshapes is an artwork created by Pippa Hale which began at Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art in Gateshead in 2019. Since then, it’s been to a number of venues and locations and currently forms part of a permanent installation at Wonderlab at the National Railway Museum in York. 

Playshapes is a series of polyethylene foam cubes (900m cubed) that break down into different shapes from triangles, polygons, cylinders and rectangular prisms. They can be refigured into limitless combinations to create sculpture, dens, assault courses, playscapes or chill out spaces.  

                               

Where did the idea come from? 

Artist Pippa Hale made the artwork in response to her experiences as a parent of young children and a growing frustration with fixed play equipment in soft play centres and outdoor playgrounds that limited play opportunities, and the imaginations and agency of children to create their own playful environments.  

Playshapes is an opportunity for people of all ages to come together to play! 

To discuss incorporating playshapes into your play offer, please get in touch via email info@timberplay.com

 

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