To understand what good looks like for children’s play in a digital world, we cut through today’s anxious confusion by integrating insights from multiple sources of expertise to synthesise the value of play in childhood. Informed by public consultation, we evaluated opportunities to transpose the qualities of play into digital contexts, and have proposed ways to enhance them. The results can be found in our latest report, Playful by Design: Free play in a digital world. Download PDF here.
Playful By Design Toolkit
This Playful by Design Tool has been created by the Digital Futures Commission to support designers improve children’s opportunities for free play in a digital world, and to tackle the challenges in developing digital products and services that respect children’s rights.
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It’s time for Playful by Design: Free play in a digital world
Today, the Digital Futures Commission (DFC) launches ‘Playful by Design: Free play in a digital world’. The report looks at one of the most important »
Please join us for the launch of Playful by Design: Free play in a digital world
By Al Mik Please join us for the launch of Playful by Design: Free play in a digital world So often the digital world of children is »
What differences can digital design make for children?
What is the potential, and the problem, with digital design? How can we make digital design more compatible with children’s evolving capacities? In search of »
Why we need Playful by Design
By Sonia Livingstone We’ve seen recent calls for Safety by Design, Privacy by Design, and more. To ensure children’s best interests in a digital world, these are all vital. In combination, they »
An insider’s view of the games industry and what it offers children’s play
The summer of play has begun, and many children will be playing online. To discover the thinking that informs their digital opportunities, Sonia Livingstone interviewed Jo »
It’s time to make the digital world playful by design!
By Sonia Livingstone and Kruakae Pothong Like everything else in their life, children’s play has shifted online almost by default due to the Covid-19 pandemic. »