② Children’s Play And Playground
Among the various types of playgrounds, Isamu Noguchi’s playground design was the most interesting. Isamu Noguchi, an American landscaper and sculptor, envisioned a new concept of the playground.
I saw the exhibition of Isamu Noguchi at the Barbican Centre and looked into it more closely with Noguchi’s book.
He designed the land of the playground itself in height and shape, and artistically redesigned rides such as seesaws, swings, slides, and sand fields. In addition, it was designed not to end with the arrangement of rides, but to be connected in a series so that children could make their own play.
Noguchi focused on creativity in the design of the playground by saying, ‘The playground should stimulate imagination while encouraging children’s physical exercise’.
Play is a time for development and imagination. Using abstract play structures, children will be able to continue to access the playground and create new games by using their imagination.
Noguchi’s work seems to provide spatial meditation to the viewer. His playground work reminded me of my childhood.
Also, he said ‘Everything is a sculpture. Any material, any idea without hindrance born into space, I consider sculpture.
The concept and idea of Noguchi inspired me a lot in conceiving my knit mobile structure.
I drew the play facilities of Noguchi and made patterns. Noguchi renewed the meaning of space for sculpture with his firm formative ideology in the flow of formative art. Through the study of Noguchi’s playground sculptures and spatial concepts that created his own symbolic and meditative sculpture space, I learned a new understanding and perception of shape and materials.
These are videos of children playing in Noguchi’s playground. Using abstract play structures, I can use my imagination to create new game patterns. I want to pattern the repeated figures and express the knit with a cosy texture that evokes imagination.
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