PLAY FAIR EVENT PRODUCT REVIEW
PLAYDALE – Jungle Climber
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lay equipment provider Playdale took the opportunity to
showcase the Amazon from its new Jungle Climber range
at the show, which promotes unstructured play and
looks great in a natural play environment.
Also on display was the i-play structure. This encourages us-
ers to move between stations, causing them to stretch, bend
and twist through voice command and each correct action
scores points which are shown on a digital display box.
The stand also promoted the new City Adventure Trail range,
along with the Birds Nest Swing and Loudspeakers. The theme
of the stand was natural play so mounds, boulders, tree trunks
and planting were used to showcase the successful
combination of play equipment and landscaping.
PROLUDIC – The MUSA
S
howcasing the MUSA – or multi- architectural style, which allow the
use sports area – concept, which equipment to blend aesthetically into
included sports and social fitness natural settings, while engaging a wider
with ball and wheel activities for all demographic, due to the range of differ-
ages, the central message from Proludic ent activities on offer.”
at the show was how to engage teenage Some of the Proludic activities on
girls in regular activity. show included equipment that simulat-
“The Vitality range of equipment has ed extreme sports, such as windsurfing,
been designed to create group systems rock climbing and sailboarding. This
that encourage the social aspect of fit- equipment was complemented by stra-
ness,” Proludic marketing manager tegically-placed social areas where older
Steve Bailey explains. “It has a strong children can meet up with friends.
SMP – Nexus DNA Climbing Poles JUPITER PLAY – Musical Wall
N
ew structures that encourage adventurous play and
landscape ideas to inspire young minds were unveiled
by SMP Playgrounds at the show. The SMP design team
were thrilled to see young visitors enthusiastically exploring
and playing co-operatively with each other while they tested
new equipment and made their personal selections for their
own community playground wish-lists.
SMP’s Nexus DNA climbing poles proved an instant hit with
competitions to get to the top first quickly starting among the
older children. The younger children were drawn in to the play
mound and loved exploring differing ways of using the tunnel, , independent, design-
slide and scramble net together.
A
s new members of the API
led company Jupiter Play and Leisure showcased its
range of play equipment from German company
FHS Holztecknik during its first appearance at the show.
Although new to England, the company has a 10-year
history of play provision in Scotland. Working closely with
local authority clients and landscape architects, its focus is
to create places for children and their carers by selecting
landscape features and equipment that matches the sur-
rounding environment and community demographic.
The hammock swing, stepping post and musical wall
displayed at the show were made from Robinia wood,
which has symmetrical, twisted and warped properties and
does need to be treated for use in a natural play setting.
The musical wall with stainless steel tubes, is ideally
suited to fully inclusive play.
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