Stay Playful (When No One Feels Like Playing) is a sugary pink helter skelter, which has been repaired by interiors studio 2LG and placed in London's Spa Fields park as an installation for Clerkenwell Design Week.
Jordan Cluroe and Russell Whitehead of 2LG studio created the helter skelter ? a traditional British fairground ride ? as a landmark for London's annual Clerkenwell Design Week.
Stay Playful (When No One Feels Like Playing) is an installation by 2LG
Stay Playful (When No One Feels Like Playing) is comprised of a vintage structure that the duo temporarily hired from Aldershot, Hampshire, and repaired and painted in a striking shade of pink.
"It was important to us to use an existing helter skelter as we wanted to harness the nostalgia and the history contained in the piece as well as give new life to an existing structure," the designers told Dezeen. "We settled on this one based on its traditional shape and how disruptive that felt for the setting of Clerkenwell." The studio hired a vintage helter skelter
The helter skelter features the typical elements of a tall spiral slide winding around a lookout tower.
Cluroe and Whitehead wanted to reference the history of the recognisable British ride ? something that resonates with them.
Cluroe and Whitehead wanted to reference the history of the recognisable British ride
"Jordan's first-ever job was working on a helter skelter when he was 15, at the Black Country Living museum. He used to have to...