Watch – Space for play: How can makers bring joy back to cities?

In the public realm, we need places that spark our imagination more than ever, while encouraging interaction, enjoyment and togetherness. In this talk, Crafts' Debika Ray is joined by thought-leaders to discuss the role of design, making and materials in creating playful spaces for us to congregate.

Speakers include Giles Smith, a founding member of Assemble, and playworker Penny Wilson, who are together masterminding Assemble Play, the architecture collective’s new branch. They are joined by New York-based sculptor and maker Risa Puno, whose interactive installations use play to encourage people to connect with each other, and Hadrian Garrard, co-director of Create London, which commissions art and architecture for the public realm, including a series of playgrounds for the Becontree Estate.