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Sam AquillanoFounder, Executive Director Design Museum Foundation
1. What is Design Museum?
2. Where is Design Museum?
3. How do we focus?
1. What is Design Museum?
2. Where is Design Museum?
3. How do we focus?
1. What is Design Museum?
Bring the transformative power of design everywhere, to inspire a world full of creative problem solvers.
• Inspire
• Educate
• Transform
• Inspire — Exhibits & Events
• Educate — Workshops
• Transform — Demonstration Projects
1. What is Design Museum?
2. Where is Design Museum?
3. How do we focus?
2. Where is Design Museum?
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Design is everywhere. So are we.
1. What is Design Museum?
2. Where is Design Museum?
3. How do we focus?3. How do we focus?
Design is everywhere. So are we.
Design Impact Areas
Vibrant Cities
Workplace Innovation
K-12 Education
Play
Data Visualization
Entrepreneurship
Business
Social Impact
Sustainability
Healthcare
Culture
Civic Innovation
Play
Extraordinary Playscapes
Extraordinary PlayscapesPlayground PassportExplore a city-wide celebration of play & design!
Free Exhibit: BSA Space, 290 Congress St, BostonPlus: 6 playgrounds around Greater Boston
Design is everywhere.So are we.
Extraordinary Playscapes
What’s your favorite playground?
Enjoy Extraordinary Playscapes, a free exhibition showcasing the art, history, science, and importance of play, featuring design stories behind over 40 international playgrounds, interactive experiences, and playable installations. From towering treetop playgrounds to hand-knit crochet installations, visitors will discover how designers translate play objectives into state-of-the-art and meaningful outdoor environments. Take the full tour with this Playground Passport. We’re highlighting local play spaces and creating some new ones as well! Our kiosks at playgrounds around town tell the story behind these amazing outdoor playscapes.
Free Exhibition: BSA Space, 290 Congress St. BostonOn-View: June 8 - September 5, 2016
Hours: Mon - Fri: 10am - 6pm, Sat - Sun: 10am - 5pm
Imagination Needs Places to Thrive
Share it on Instagram @designmuseumbos & #DMPlay!
Cover photo courtesy of Playworld
Events in partnership with
All events are located at BSA Space, 290 Congress St, Boston
More info & RSVP online at designmuseumboston.org
JUN
86:00pm • Exhibition Opening ReceptionBe the first to see Extraordinary Playscapes! Celebrate the opening night, meet designers behind some amazing playgrounds in the show, and most importantly, play!
JUL
1610:00am • Kids Design WorkshopJoin us on The Greenway with local artist and craftsman Mitch Ryerson to create and build unique playscapes using all natural materials.
AUG
1310:30am • Kids Design WorkshopJoin us for an interactive tour of the exhibition and outoor playscape building with Imagination Playground and more!
10:30am • Family Design DayJoin us for an interactive tour of the exhibition and hands-on workshop where families will envision, design, and build their own dream playscape. Tickets: architects.org
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6:30pm • UNITE • The Problem with PlayHow to design a more playful future, featuring: Michael Laris, Playworld; Lillian Hsu, Cambridge Parks; Cheri Ruane, Spurr Design/BSLA; and Peter Gray, Psychologist.
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6:30pm • FILM SCREENING • The Land: Adventure PlaygroundLearn about The Land, an creative adventure playground in Wales, and discuss “risky” play with David Ramsey, Dept. of Early Childhood, Boston Public Schools.
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Photo courtesy of Landscape Structures, Inc.
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NEW PLAYSCAPE!
PlayForm 7City Hall Plaza, Boston
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PlayCubesChinatown Park, Boston
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Frieda Garcia Park Stanhope St. & Clarendon St., BostonC
Alexander Kemp Playground36 Waterhouse St., CambridgeD
Thomas M. Menino Park 1st Ave. & 16th St., CharlestownE
Hunt PlaygroundAlmont St. & Orlando St., MattapanF
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Experience Extraordinary Playscapes all over Greater Boston, including 2 new playscapes we installed as part of this special exhibition.
Extraordinary PlayscapesBSA Space, 290 Congress St., Boston
Have an urban adventure!
Playground Passport
Frieda Garcia Park Halvorson Design Partnership, Inc.
Stanhope St. & Clarendon St., Boston
Opened 2013
12,000 sq ft
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Explore Frieda Garcia Park — a playful urban oasis in the heart of Back Bay. Filled with colorful climbing structures, unique swings, and beautiful art installations, the park encourages recreation and relaxation alike. Check out the park’s bright bird murals, custom play pieces, and relaxing gardens.
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Design Museum Boston
Photo courtesy of Halvorson Design
Alexander Kemp Playground
36 Waterhouse St., Cambridge
Opened 2009
10,000 sq ft
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Have a nature-play adventure at Alexander Kemp Playground. Set within the Cambridge Common, this site builds on the idea that playgrounds are places where children grow and learn about themselves and the world around them. Enjoy unique wooden play sculptures by local artist Mitch Ryerson, and explore the park’s interactive water and sand play features!
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Playground Passport
Photo courtesy of the City of Cambridge
Extraordinary Playscapes
Vibrant Cities
Workplace Innovation
K-12 Education
Play
Data Visualization
Entrepreneurship
Business
Social Impact
Sustainability
Healthcare
Culture
Civic Innovation
• Inspire — Exhibits & Events
• Educate — Workshops
• Transform — Demonstration Projects
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