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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Why play matters in a digital world
By Sonia Livingstone To ask afresh why children’s play matters, and to figure out how to design a better digital world, we have already taken »
Interview with Gerison Lansdown
To understand the right to play and how that manifests in the digital world, Sonia Livingstone and Kate Cowan spoke to Gerison Lansdown, an expert »
Listen now to the launch of the Digital Futures Commission
The Digital Futures Commission launched its first consultation on play at the end of last year. The Commission’s work was introduced by Baroness Beeban Kidron, »
Interview with Paul Ramchandani
To gain insights into children’s world and how they use play, Sonia Livingstone and Kate Cowan spoke to Paul Ramchandani, a Lego Professor at the »
Interview with Katie Salen Tekinbas
To understand how play is designed in the digital world, Sonia Livingstone OBE and Kate Cowan spoke to Katie Salen Tekinbas, as part of our »
Imagining digital play in the best interests of children and young people
The Digital Futures Commission has launched its first consultation on play in the digital world. The aim is to re-imagine play in the digital world. We invite you to »