Designing for Play Exhibit at SMO

“Designing for Play”, created by Cas Holman, features her award-winning Rigamajig Collection. Guests enter a space filled with wheels, wooden planks, nuts, bolts and rope waiting to be utilized at the inventor’s discretion. Designed to spark imagination, collaboration and problem-solving skills through hands-on, experiential, and open-ended play, with Rigamajig there’s no set of instructions or pre-determined outcome. Guests of all ages are encouraged to use their imaginations and build whatever comes to mind.
Holman suggested using the exhibit as an opportunity to bring attention to contemporary BIPOC (Black, indigenous, people of color) toy designers and recommended Azhelle Wade, aka The Toy Coach, to curate this section.