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Playfulness

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Top Hat and a Tail

So of course Greyworld’s Andrew Shoben couldn’t let me name-check Antirom on YouTube without sending me one of his own. This one of him wearing a …

Andy Polaine
Andy Polaine
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Funtain - bad name, nice idea

I hate the name, but Funtain is a nice idea. It plays with water and sound and plugs into those strong childhood memories of playing with water. Thanks to Karl …

Andy Polaine
Andy Polaine
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Playful Interactivity

I have just read great paper called Adding Playful Interaction to Public Spaces by Amnon Dekel et al. from The Hebrew University Jerusalem and The Bezalel …

Andy Polaine
Andy Polaine
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Interview with Andy Cameron

The ever-brilliant and plugged-in Regine Debatty from we-make-money-not-art.com recently interviewed my previous lecturer and co-Antirommer, Andy Cameron, now …

Andy Polaine
Andy Polaine
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The Play Ethic and Sustainability

For a very long time now (since 2005 in fact), Pat Kane’s book, The Play Ethic has been on my Amazon Wishlist (hint, hint) along with several other books …

Andy Polaine
Andy Polaine