by Marie A | Sep 17, 2019 | Play Design | 0 Comments
Recently we were faced with a build dilemma which resulted in a rather wonky looking sandpit shelter in the Early Years (EYS) play area of an inner city London school we have the privilege to be creating a play area for Rather wonky sand pit shelter After...
by Marie A | Mar 17, 2018 | Uncategorised | 0 Comments
I recently received a video from George Karis, the exceptional talented building project manager for our Molo play area. It was of 2 children playing hopscotch. I regularly played hopscotch when I was younger and as a budding play designer, had assessed the key...
by Marie A | Dec 8, 2017 | Uncategorised | 0 Comments
Just over 5 months ago, the community in Baraa opened the playground for over 1,500 school children. It was a great occasion and marked the completion of a collaborative effort to enable all children to play. It was also the start of a playful adventure for the...
by Marie A | Jul 4, 2017 | Play Design, Service Design | 0 Comments
On Wednesday the 21st of June 2017, I had the privilege of joining a group of adults from Deptford Folk and Anthology in conducting a fun and interactive workshop at Sir Francis Drake Primary school. We had a clear mission, to engage over 20 children between the ages...
by Marie A | Jun 12, 2017 | Play Design, Technology | 0 Comments
In a classroom based in CAMS school in Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania, students between the ages of 10-12, turned on their computers and began to bring their ideas to life through the power of Computer Aided Design (CAD). After spending previous weeks, understanding...
by Marie A | Nov 26, 2016 | Uncategorised | 0 Comments
In 2013, the managing director of Dream Networks was a finalist of the Institute Engineering & Technology (IET) women of the year awards and subsequently presented a webinar on integrated design for the IET community in 2014. You can listen to her passionate...
by Marie A | Nov 26, 2016 | Uncategorised | 0 Comments
In one of the 8 workshops at Greenfield E-act Academy in Bristol, the children learnt about requirements. I was very proud of them being able to sit through 1 hour and 45 minutes of engineering requirements. They learnt new words such as sustainability,...