In 2005 Kito Fujio quit his job as an office worker and became a freelance photographer. And for the last 12 years he’s been exploring various overlooked pockets of Japan like the rooftops of department stores, which typically have games and rides to entertain children while their parents are shopping. More recently, he’s taken notice of the many interesting cement-molded play equipment that dots playgrounds around Japan. The sculptural, cement-molded play equipment is often modeled after animals that children would be familiar with. More
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PICTURES of vintage playground equipment including monkey bars, metal slides, rocket slides, merry-go-rounds, spring riders and more.
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The new policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics about the importance of recess time brought back some vivid memories of my days on the playground. At the risk of … Read more
See the photo of architecture set For years Japanese photographer Kito Fujio has been working on his photographic experimentation in playgrounds
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These vintage playground devices were so perilous, kids of yesteryear were lucky to live through recess.
Japanese photographer Kito Fujio has captured a series of photos of his country's playgrounds at night. The Japanese playground structures play
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These toothpick sculptures was an easy project that kept the kids busy for an hour. The how-to is self explanatory (bonus: pictures to show you how we did it.)
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Before color photographs, kids didn't need to pretend to be badass.
Look back at the fun kids generations ago had on dangerous old playgrounds - with towering structures, fast spinners, rickety rides & other unsafe old-school play equipment.
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These vintage playground devices were so perilous, kids of yesteryear were lucky to live through recess.
As you guys all pretty much know by now, I am crazy about the 60s and 70s. I kind of thought I’d seen and remembered it all, until a friend sent me a few photos of a playground that still had swings and slides from the 1970s. And lawdy did it ever take me back! […]
Before color photographs, kids didn't need to pretend to be badass.
Image: Imgur What could be the reason behind some of these playground equipment designs and paint jobs? I can't imagine that the people responsible for these inappropriate playthings are unaware of their questionable nature. Is it a similar situation as Brad Pitt's behavior while working as a projectionist in Fight Club? I suppose we'll never know. -Via Viral Nova Image: ImgurImage: Imgur Image: Imgur...
These vintage playground devices were so perilous, kids of yesteryear were lucky to live through recess.
Google “inclusive play” or “inclusive playgrounds” and you will find pages of entries – what it is, where you can find such playgrounds, who offers “inclusive playground equipment” and more.
Once upon a time when you were a sweet and innocent child you probably wouldn’t have even noticed these terrifying climbing frames even if they ... Continue Reading »
I don’t know about you, but the playgrounds where I pottered around in my day, eating too much sand and earning my first set of stitches on the jungle gym, did not look like this. Surreal nocturnal scenes of colossal, if not slightly traumatising cement playground equipment in Japan, that looks better suited for a contemporary art sculpture…
On warm spring evenings, blustery fall afternoons, and sticky summer days, when nostalgia and memories brush past you, where does your mind go? Where did you spend many hours as a school-age child? For most of us it was a playground, whether climbing the playground equipment or running circles on the athletic field, letting our
Artist Turns Retro Children's Playgrounds Into Nostalgic Abstract Sculptures
