User Experience Design

We visited Fred Thomas Park in Denver this weekend!

The playground is wonderful! Check out this mini moment of design. A simplified piano that incorporates real elements. Many playgrounds have elements of music built in. Often in the form of a xylophone or some way to bang on something and make noise.

Yet this design is elegant and dynamic. Absolutely love this! Our two-year-old loved it and I loved it. We both were able to play it and have fun.

The top section gives you four songs to choose from! They don’t give the name of the song. An illustration hints at it but if you don’t get the idea from the hint you have to play the song to figure it out. How wonderful.

Side design note. When I was growing up our local park had tractor tires half buried in the ground. It was a wonderful structure. Here is the updated version of that.