Our story
Emma Ribbens is a product and social designer whose work centers on the idea of Homo Ludens—the playful human.
Within the research project Nomadlab, where she conducted extensive fieldwork in refugee camps, she discovered the critical importance of play for refugees children - and for all children, regardless of circumstance.
For years, Emma’s projects, spanning different cultures and socio-demographic contexts, have shown that play is the universal language of children. From refugee camps in Lebanon to Australian school children everywhere play in remarkably similar ways. Play connects across language barriers.
For several years, we have been collaborating on projects within local contexts. We have observed that here, too, there are many obstacles to achieving high-quality, impactful play—as opposed to mere busywork. Studio Ludiek aims to remove barriers to play by using design to give form to the formless. This can take various forms, ranging from play objects and play spaces to play as a research method.
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