An editorial project that explores play as an approach to design.
Play is
researched as the freedom to make mistakes, the curiosity to change one's point of view, and an
opportunity to love the process instead of looking for the result. The words of designers,
biologists, educators, provocateurs, and eternal children resonate in an exploration where play
is taken very seriously.
The handwritten texts
This book is not a manual of pre-packaged activities, but a portal for those
who wish
to learn how to play in their own way. Every aspect of the graphic project was considered an
opportunity for play, from the cover that creates surprise once revealed, to the index and the
images created using the collage technique. The handwritten texts are the most important parts; they
are like the thoughts a reader writes in the margins while reading a book.
Workshops
The last section of the book is dedicated to a series of workshops conducted
with
graphic design students. The activities were designed to give space to creative processes that value
collaboration, research, and a change of perspective. The tools used by the students were all analog
because the aim was to create conditions for reconsidering mistakes as opportunities for design and
to value instinct and spontaneity.