Dado Cubes

Dado Cubes

University of Gothenburg

Helga Björg Jónasardóttir is a design student at University of Gothenburg in the Child Culture Design department in Sweden.  Her piece, playbl, was shown in Milan this year in a group show of fellow students.  Playbl, as pictured, is a multifunctional coffee table that fosters the co-existing needs of adults and children at the same time.

The University of Gothenburg offers a masters program in Child Culture Design.  The following excerpt from the university's website details a brief overview of the program:

Imagine a design specialization where the focus is on the perspective of a child: On children’s play, pedagogy, development, culture, health and above all on the tools of play. On the participation and inlfuence of childen and youth on society. Imagine a design specialization that utilizes the great existing bank of knowledge that has been accumulated in Sweden, in such areas as play, health care, education and communication. In the Fall of 2009 this vision became a reality at HDK- School of Design and Crafts, Universtiy of Gothenburg, with the introduction of the Child Culture Design Programme, CCD, a design programme unlike any other.

Flor Play

one group of Flor tiles; rendered as a table top toy

Play

tabletop; each tile is composed of 24 triangles which fit together to make the tabletop.  the puzzle pieces are held together by magnets and can be picked up and manipulated as one desires.

manipulated tabletop; lends itself to play