play – KDD & Co

The problematic race to the POP

Is it a kind of quick-fix magic? or a concept that has got too big for its boots?

after the apocalypse, make stuff

the costumes of Station Eleven

behind the mask

accepting that not everything works out is key to the (slow) creative process

work in progress

A creative collaboration celebrating performance, parody and play

near // far away

By: Kate Davies Designs May 29, 2020May 30, 2020

beasties, photography, playbeetles, moon, photography29 Comments

near far away near far away near far away near far away near far away near and far away near and far away

available light

By: Kate Davies Designs April 1, 2020

art, making, ootlier, photography, play, processexperimentation, light, making, ootlier, origami, paper, paper folding, photography, play, process28 Comments

Morning everyone, it’s Tom here. I thought I’d pop in today to share with you some of the odd but interesting things I’ve been doing recently with paper and light. As many of you know, I REALLY like paper! I’ve previously waxed lyrical about the properties of papers and how they fundamentally inform the final…

pointless activity

By: Kate Davies Designs May 15, 2008May 15, 2008

craft, design, playbadges, Malcolm Mc Dowell, O! Lucky Man, Spongebob11 Comments

I have lots of writing projects on the go at the moment, and, after a packed day my head gets full of all sorts of gumph. In the evenings I need to empty it . . . through exercise, or a few beers, or chit-chat, or some sort of craft activity (or indeed all of…

spring chicken

By: Kate Davies Designs March 24, 2008

knitting, playchickens, knitting, play, softies, toys8 Comments

I must be feeling seasonal: Recently, I have found myself cooing stupidly at a number of toys and softies, in particular this reversable chicken and egg toy from mochimochi, which appears in the current issue of CRAFT magazine. But when I saw Kate’s amazing square chickens I just couldn’t resist (with her permission) attempting one…