Important issues when designing a hill slide: 1. Adequate shading. All playground equipment needs shade. All materials get hot, even plastic! So make sure to design your area accordingly. 2. What material… Read more »
Blog Category: Innovative Designs
Pushing the Envelope of Playground Design with Risk & Challenge by JC Boushh
In today’s age of tech savvy children playground designers are constantly designing new and innovative play components to attract today’s wired-child to the playground. This approach to new and innovative… Read more »
Rock Climbing & Other Challenges
As a child I spent many hours on the swing in my backyard, talking to my friends, the trees. Of course I also loved to slide on slides (my favorite… Read more »
Adults Want to Play, Too!
How often have I heard from adults “I want to play at the playground too!” And so we should be able to play too. As someone who sells playground equipment… Read more »
A Sculptural Playground to Stretch Your Imagination
So often I hear that a community would like a playground but they don’t want it to “look like a playground”. They want it to “blend with the environment” or “disappear in the landscape” or “look like art or sculptural”. The playground at Playa Vista in Los Angeles depicts this exactly.