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Playtime Now! Explore the Infinite Possibilities of Play and Design
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 4 March 2021 –
Play
Attention! One may
“recognise play when one sees it”, yet one may not be able to describe it. Many
still harbour the preconception that play is a waste of time for adults. Design
Spectrum, the public-facing platform of Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC), sponsored
by Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region, has launched its latest exhibition under the theme PLAY LIVES at 7
Mallory Street. Opens to the public for free from now to 30 April 2021, the
exhibition takes visitors on a playful journey for them to rediscover the
fundamental concepts of play and design, and how the concepts complement each
other to better our futures. Enter the rabbit hole: toying with the concept of
play as a positive agent in people’s lives, the exhibition takes visitors
through design for play’s wonderland.
PLAY LIVES opens to the
public for free from now to 30 April 2021, the exhibition takes visitors on a
playful journey for them to rediscover the fundamental concepts of play and
design, and how the concepts complement each other to better our futures.
Co-curated by Rémi
Leclerc (right), Founder of PolyPlay Lab, and Chi-wing Lee (left), Founder and
Creative Director of Milk Design, PLAY LIVES illustrates why play is beyond
entertainment.
Play opens minds, design shapes futures
Co-curated by Rémi Leclerc, Founder of PolyPlay
Lab, and Chi-wing Lee, Founder and Creative Director of Milk Design, PLAY LIVES illustrates why play is beyond entertainment, and
how it is an integral part of our lives and can be designed to better our
futures. New Zealand play theorist Brian Sutton-Smith once quipped that “The
opposite of play is not work. The opposite of play is depression”. As Leclerc explains, “While play generates
culture, design shapes culture: just about everything around us is designed. As
a friendly ‘Trojan hobby horse’, play makes design accessible. Referring to
play’s attributes enhances designers’ practice because people are naturally apt
at play: realising design is like play makes it easier to understand design…
Play allows design to connect to life more naturally, igniting creativity,
hence bettering design practice.” By showcasing play through a design perspective, PLAY LIVES extolls the
value of design in shaping contemporary play, and recognises the role of play
in enhancing design.
PLAY LIVES SHOWTIME: A journey to explore play through design
PLAY LIVES Exhibition showcases more than 90
play and design projects from Hong Kong, the Mainland, Japan, Korea, and the
USA, offering visitors a 360-degree view on the types and functions of
playthings, and unveiling the cultural value of designing play for everyday
life. Visitors will be able to chart their own maps of the meaning of play to
ascertain the value of design for play: Room 1 showcases eight whimsical fixtures which
invite visitors to explore the attributes of play through engaging experiences,
thus toying with “Design Play DNA”. Building on visitors’ explorations in Room
1, Room 2 demonstrates
the value of play and design and how they shape cultures through four displays:
demonstrating the relevance of play and design in shaping culture: IMAGE Play Lives, a street newspaper stall; OBJECT
Play Lives, a
toy storefront display shelf; BODY Play Lives, along a two-tiered circular catwalk; and SPACE Play Lives, an open virtual skyscraper.
Room 3, the “Cabinet of Design Play
Curios“, stages seven critical design projects to showcase how play enhances designers’
speculative practice. Visitors can learn to appreciate the value of play and
design as the exhibits address issues such as information and
technology, environment, identity, and corporate culture, and witness how play
can create a desirable future. In Room 4, the “Playroom“, displays works created by local
participants at 6 pre-exhibition “playshops” to illustrate how people interpret
play in different ways. Finally, at the Toymaking Playbench in Room 4, visitors of all ages can create their own toys using components
obtained from a capsule vending machine, such as PLA plastic clips manufactured
onsite by a tabletop 3D printer (sponsored by beets3d.com).
Rolling
Fun — Community Playground: Explore the Tube & Wave Zone to Ignite Your Creativity
Invited by the curators of PLAY LIVES Exhibition , Making on
Loft, a local social design and research team will present their
commissioned work Rolling Fun — Community Playground at the
Public Open Space of 7 Mallory Street from 31 March to 11 April 2021.
Comprising a Tube Zone, Wave Zone and Play Share Kiosk, the
playground will open for free admission during the said period. During which,
public visitors and residents in the neighbourhood can drop by anytime to play
or to relax a little. With game instructions inside the tubes, “Tube Zone” suggests
various ways of play from battle games to ball games. At “Play Share Kiosk“,
visitors can find simple playthings like balls and rackets for enjoying fun
competition games. “Wave
Zone” features wavy long wooden benches for resting, jogging or
hosting remote-controlled car races. Visitors are also invited to design new
ways to play and give suggestions on best uses of the playground. Later in
April, Making on
Loft will host a Design Festival at 7 Mallory Street, featuring a series of
play experience workshops suitable for different ages. Details will be announced on our website in due course: https://www.designspectrum.hk/
Free
Playshops and Guided Tours: Be a player now!
To reinforce the theme “PLAY
LIVES” of the exhibition, Design Spectrum will also host a series of playshops,
guided tours, and other activities during the exhibition period. Under the
themes Shadow Art, Forbidden Fruit, Toymaking and more, the playshops encourage
participants to incorporate play into their everyday lives and unleash their
creativity. Besides, public guided tours are available to help visitors explore
the Pop-up Showcase on the ground and third floors of 7 Mallory Street, to
learn more about the exhibits’ design concepts.
Further details of PLAY
LIVES Exhibition & Event Information are available in the attachments. For
reservations for public guided tours and playshops, please visit www.designspectrum.hk.
Attachment: Event Happenings of PLAY LIVES
Exhibition
PLAY LIVES
Exhibition
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Date:
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23
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Time:
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10am to
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Location:
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3/F, 7
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Free
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Rolling Fun — Community Playground by Making on Loft
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Date:
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31 March to 11 April
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Time:
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10am to 10pm, Monday to Sunday
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Location:
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Public Open Space, 7 Mallory Street, Wan Chai
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Free Admission
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*In light of the current COVID-19 situation and for the health and safety of participants, precautionary measures will be adopted for the PLAY LIVES Exhibition and its extended events, and the above schedule is subject to possible change or adjustment. For the latest updates, please visit the official website at https://www.designspectrum.hk/.
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