{"id":1900826,"date":"2026-04-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1900826"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:00:00","slug":"an-interactive-archive-celebrates-the-wide-ranging-projects-inviting-unruly-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1900826","title":{"rendered":"An Interactive Archive Celebrates the Wide Ranging Projects Inviting \u2018Unruly Play\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content prose-colossal max-w-none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/unruly.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a screengrab of the archive\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image courtesy of Unruly Play<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">An Interactive Archive Celebrates the Wide Ranging Projects Inviting \u2018Unruly Play\u2019<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-24T11:50:14-05:00\">April 24, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><a class=\"category-design\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/design\/\" rel=\"tag\">Design<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/gebert\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Grace Ebert<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\">\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-facebook has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a 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\/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"473345\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cPlay is how we give permission,\u201d says Vitor Freire, co-founder of the Amsterdam-based studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagination.ooo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Imagination of Things<\/a>. \u201cPermission to challenge what\u2019s fixed, rehearse what doesn\u2019t exist yet, and close the distance between people who wouldn\u2019t otherwise meet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freire and co-founder Monique Grimord take play seriously and, in a new project, their studio created a vast repository of 169 artworks, designs, games, and more that have offered an unexpected encounter with imagination and joy. From Rael San Fratello\u2019s award-winning \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2021\/01\/us-mexico-teeter-totter-design-award\/\">Teeter-Totter Wall<\/a>\u201d to the healing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2024\/10\/wind-phones\/\">Wind Phone<\/a> project to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2020\/10\/little-amal\/\">a 12-foot puppet<\/a> walking the world, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrulyplay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unruly Play<\/a> is a multi-decade archive of participatory projects, public spaces, and digital creations that invite surprise and camaraderie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur collaborators have always asked us where our ideas come from,\u201d Gimrod says, \u201cand the truth is that they come from references that rarely talk to each other\u2014it can be a seesaw through a border wall or a phone booth connected to the dead\u2026 We wanted to create unusual dialogues and support new creative practices, and Unruly Play was our answer for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fully interactive, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrulyplay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the project<\/a> is searchable by theme or browsable through a shuffle feature. 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