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January 14, 2011
Featuring a Bed-to-Kitchen Concrete Slide
People need to play…or at least many of us want to. The most popular blog post of the year on Dezeen, a fun design site, was about a house with a concrete sliding board from the kid’s bedrooms to the kitchen. Located in Jakarta, Indonesia, the house shown in the photos below just shouts jocularity:
I love finding playgrounds and play elements worked into design. Too many people take themselves far too seriously. We all need to spend more time playing. Do you play? Find a kid somewhere and give it a try if you don’t. Remember, very little is as important as you think it is. And things like play, that you may think aren’t important, truly matter.