London-based Unit Lab has created a playground that is designed to look distorted in real life, but normal when viewed through a  warped mirror, in an attempt to make science fun.

The permanent outdoor Anamorphic Playground, which plays with perspective and visual distortion, was installed at the Eleanor Palmer Primary in Kentish Town in London.
"We like to bring science into everyday objects," said Unit Lab's co-founder Mike Vanis. "We make objects that just let people play to get their own understanding. We don't call ourselves educational."

The school was given local funding to create a science lab, and the playground is intended to bring the kid's laboratory out into the courtyard with objects that encourage investigation and play.
"The pieces introduce the kids to optics and light: how things reflect in a mirror and how things can get distorted," explained Unit Lab.
"They're quite analogue concepts in science. We were aware that this is where the kids spend their free time so we didn't want it it to be too teacher-y. It's mostly meant to be fun."

Unit Lab's founders Vanis and Cindy Strobach were inspired by traditional anamorphic toys they saw in the V&A Museum of Childhood.
Each of the pieces in the playground are made with extra thick stainless steel to ensure durability. The structures themselves are left unpainted to allow the construction methods and the strength of the material to form part of the final look of t...