At the Imagination Playground in a Box, no fantasy seems too far-fetched.
One day in March, I went to the South Street Seaport Museum, where a Playground in a Box is currently kept for the use of visiting school groups.
In association with a play-advocacy group called Kaboom, Rockwell has been marketing them as the Imagination Playground in a Box: this summer, ten playgrounds across the five boroughs will be provided with a set each.
The architectural playground includes glass-box bistros like Kap am S i (www.kapamsuedkai.de), the soon-to-open art'otel (www.artotels.de) and galleries like Werft 11 (www.werft11.com).
David Cameron faces a rural revolt from coalition backbenchers who claim the Prime Minister risks falling into the trap of believing the countryside is a "chocolate-box" playground for the rich.
The whole thing is basically a playground of tick boxes, switches, submenus and more, and that's a very welcome thing for people who like to fuss with their phones.
The Powell brothers carried them onto the school playground, where they chalked boxes, devised challenges and broke school windows, and into their backyard, where they would play for hours.
Where I live, toy weapons are banned from playgrounds and toy boxes, and the only boys I know who regularly play soldiers transport their arsenal of weapons in wheeled suitcases, lest other parents begin tutting disapproval.
How to do it: Stand with a ball (medicine, soccer, or rubber playground ball) or a low box in front of you; tap your right toe on the ball or box.
"You don't have to have a specially built playground — you have this rolling box that's almost like a magician's chest of loose parts," he said, adding that the gear created the chemistry necessary to encourage collective play.
