March 18, 2021
Making a Wind-Up Marble Track Machine
Art of Play is proud to present the latest marble track from Dutch artist, Daniël De Bruin.
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July 9, 2020
Show & Tell with Atlas Obscura
In this episode of Atlas Obscura's Show & Tell, host Dylan Thuras speaks with Art of Play's co-founder, Dan Buck, about a wonder emporium of ca...
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April 29, 2019
How Toys and Origami can Transform Design
Chuck Hoberman's eponymous sphere is one of the best-loved toys of the last quarter century. But it's only one example of his incredible work in tr...
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February 12, 2019
STORY: Levitating Clock
The world’s first levitating timepiece, Story consists of a magnetically levitating sphere that orbits around a wooden base telling the time. An in...
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November 18, 2018
5 Games You Can Play with Your Spinning Tops
Although tops have a mesmerizing appeal just spinning along, you can maximize your enjoyment of this fun toy with exciting gameplay.
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November 8, 2018
Fidget Toys That Stimulate Creative Thinking
Recent research has shown that fidgeting is not only widespread but also beneficial in terms of both productivity and creativity.
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November 1, 2017
Curious Contraptions
Epiphanies await the curious mind this winter at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA. Explore small, surreal worlds at Curious Contraptions, a ...
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August 12, 2017
Adam Savage builds a Kendama
Adam Savage, who you probably know from the the old Discovery Channel show MythBusters and more recently the hit YouTube channel Tested teams up wi...
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June 23, 2017
Art of Play Visits Japan
We’re always searching for new products and inspiration so this year we decided to travel East and see what treasures we might discover in the land...
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June 19, 2017
Amazing Water Animation for Gatorade Ad
Gatorade built a crazy device that interprets the actual physical movements of an athlete into an animated sequence of water droplets for a new com...
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June 7, 2017
Incredible Balloon Sculpture by Masayoshi Matsumoto
Masayoshi Matsumoto is a Japanese artist specializing in sculpting animals, plant life and insects using only balloons. His work is masterful and c...
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May 31, 2017
Impossible Pop-up Sculptures by Peter Dahmen
Using only scissors and glue, Peter Dahmen engineers impossible pop-up sculptures from plain paper. We are blown away by their mechanical detail an...
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