Joi Ito posted this week his contribution on neoteny to Seth Godin’s free new e-book What Matters Now:
The future of the planet is becoming less about being efficient, producing more stuff and protecting our turf and more about working together, embracing change and being creative. [...] It’s time we listen to children and allow neoteny to guide us beyond the rigid frameworks and dogma created by adults.
Published on December 16, 2009 12:20 pm.
Filed under: Notes on Things Seen, People and Information Tags: adults, games, joi ito, neoteny, play, russell davies
via Pruned, a Dutch endeavor called Waterpleinen – a now-commissioned set of public spaces that serve both as locales for community gathering/play and stormwater repositories. From the Waterpleinen site:
Most of the year the Watersquare will be dry. It is only during heavy rainfall that the square will be filled with water. Streams, brooklets and ponds [...]
Published on December 15, 2009 1:02 pm.
Filed under: Links, People and Spaces Tags: play, public spaces, rainfall, repositories
Angie Waller posted a collection of her photos a few weeks back that demonstrate a range of playground/playset designs in socialist / non-socialist locales.
I’m not altogether certain that it’s the most objective view on the topic, but the collection is certainly demonstrative of variations in our notions of play (and environments that encourage and shape [...]
Published on December 11, 2009 12:09 pm.
Filed under: Links, People and Spaces Tags: environments, play, social politics