Print Email Facebook Twitter Rebel by design Title Rebel by design: The merits of rebellious play and how to design for it Author Gielen, M.A. van Leeuwen, L. Faculty Industrial Design Engineering Department Industrial Design Date 2013-12-31 Abstract Play as a behavioural domain is characterized by freedom and flexibility, which contribute to both short-term and lasting wellbeing. Children play increasingly under supervision of adults, who generally perceive rough and rebellious behaviour negatively. The paper argues that also rebelliousness is a valuable aspect of play. The psychological research literature and case studies of design are used to explore the interplay and tension between the inherently social nature of rebelliousness and its role for the emergence and consolidation of individuality in play. This perspective is then extended to designers as creators of the tools of play: toys. Several basic design techniques are presented with the aim of understanding and appreciating rebellion within play and supporting it in design for play. The paper concludes that the psychological theories and design techniques described can be of help to designers; an understanding of the needs of children to freely explore also behaviours that go against ‘good taste’ or commonly appreciated manners help designers to open up the design space to create more diverse and less stereotypical toys that support wellbeing. Subject design for playrebelliousnesswellbeingtoy design education To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ba48563a-a617-498d-8429-e714644a6dd4 Publisher International Association of Societies of Design Research ISBN 978-4-9980776-3-3 Source IASDR 2013: Proceedings of the 5th International Congress of International Association of Societies of Design Research "Consilience and Innovation in Design", Tokyo, Japan, 26-30 August 2013 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2013 The Authors Files PDF 295582.pdf 706.63 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ba48563a-a617-498d-8429-e714644a6dd4/datastream/OBJ/view