Archasm Play Interactive Kids Furniture Competition, Design Contest 2020
Archasm Play Design Competition
10 Nov 2020
Archasm Play Design Competition News
PLAY: INTERACTIVE KIDS FURNITURE
PLAY is a design competition with the aim of generating interactive, modular and dynamic furniture prototypes for children up to the age of 10. Furniture for children should be a reflection of their personality and must be more than just a functional entity for them. The furniture should have an innate sculptural quality that could stimulate a child?s creativity and imagination.

Cognitive development is rapid and very important during a child?s growing years. As the kids grow, they get aware of their surroundings in a more conscious way. Like most humans, they have an insatiable urge to explore the world around them. They get more active physically and like to play and move things around. Children have a raw unadulterated imagination. They like to create their own stories and build their own worlds, tangible or intangible. Kids furniture has improved aesthetically over the years. However, industrial design and production methods don?t really think about it from the perspective of children. Kids furniture is treated as just another category/subset of a furniture catalog with static designs, lack of innovation and a rigid, practical approach. Kids furniture should be surreal and joyful that can capture and express a child?s imagination.
Children interact with surroundings constantly and g...