The Story Behind Isamu Noguchi’s Playscapes in Atlanta
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- Noguchi was always their first choice. His statement, “I think of playgrounds as a primer of shapes and functions; simple, mysterious, and evocative; thus educational, (View Highlight)
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- As art critic Thomas Hess wrote of one of Noguchi’s unbuilt projects, this “playground, instead of telling the child what to do (swing here, climb there), becomes a place for endless exploration (View Highlight)
- “He had a really good concept that playgrounds should not be designed like military exercise equipment for a cheaply executed boot camp,” says Hart of the Noguchi Museum. “He thought kids should experience the environment the way man first experienced the earth, as a spectacular and complex place (View Highlight)
The Story Behind Isamu Noguchi’s Playscapes in Atlanta
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Highlights
- As art critic Thomas Hess wrote of one of Noguchi’s unbuilt projects, this “playground, instead of telling the child what to do (swing here, climb there), becomes a place for endless exploration (View Highlight)
- “He had a really good concept that playgrounds should not be designed like military exercise equipment for a cheaply executed boot camp,” says Hart of the Noguchi Museum. “He thought kids should experience the environment the way man first experienced the earth, as a spectacular and complex place (View Highlight)
- Noguchi was always their first choice. His statement, “I think of playgrounds as a primer of shapes and functions; simple, mysterious, and evocative; thus educational, (View Highlight)