In the past, we worked with diverse clients & partners to design new experiences and solutions that include: - Games, play forms, and play spaces - Tools & Resources - Creative & exploratory sessions - Installations & participatory experiences - Community engagement initiatives WHAT DO WE DO? We collaborate with groups, organisations and institutions seeking inspiring and transformative experiences. In the past, we worked with diverse clients & partners to design new experiences and solutions. Tools & resources Exploraiton sessions Community programme Your idea! Engaging sessions focused on achieving specific outcomes using play to spark curiosity, inquiry, and discovery. Toolkits and learning resources that provide instructions, standards, and information for self-led explorations and learning experiences. Involve and empower communities and generate a sense of self-expression and self-affirmation. The sky is the limit! We work with groups, organisations and institutions seeking inspiring and transformative experiences & explore new ways of experiencing and thinking about the world. We offer opportunities for → Towns, Boroughs & Neighbourhoods Not-for-profit organisations, public institutions, & organisations Private companies & brands Community groups

Our Natural Blue Spaces is a project dedicated to exploring and celebrating the beauty of Blue Spaces—rivers, lakes, canals, and ponds—within the Central Bedfordshire area through a blend of art, workshops and community engagement. MENU Our Natural Blue Spaces | 2024 Produced by Bedford Creative Arts in partnership with Central Bedfordshire Council, featuring illustrations by Kremena Dimitrova and students from Central Bedfordshire schools. This website was designed and built by Living Things Studio for the project Our Natural Blue Spaces . We use cookies to improve the user experience. To find out more, read our privacy policy . Map Menu Blue Leighton Buzzard Toddington Houghton Regis Biggleswade

Research project about utopias from the perspective of children. What would your ideal world look like? Previous Next Children making utopias (mundos ideales) Research project about utopias from the perspective of children. What would your ideal world look like? Children used stickers representing people, things, animals, and plants to create their ideal world. Later we used the results to identify patterns, themes, concerns and interests to improve the participating school's education methods alongside researchers and educators.We lead focus groups in multiple schools working with hundreds of children. Funded by FONCA (The National Endowment for Culture and Arts of Mexico), in collaboration with the University of Guadalajara and Foundation Letras para Volar.

Aabsurd and intriguing interplay between human and AI performance. Previous Next ClimateProv Aabsurd and intriguing interplay between human and AI performance. Interactive theatre performance that provokes a conversation about climate emergency through the humorous, absurd and intriguing interplay between human and AI performer. Supported by BeFantastic and funded by the British Council’s India & UK Season of Culture. Presentations include FutureFantastic Festival, BCT, Bangalore, India (March 2023) and LaLaLand Festival, Ruigoord village, Amsterdam ( July 2023).

Pop-up pitch to celebrate women’s football for the South Bermondsey Festival 2023. Previous Next Any pitch way Pop-up pitch to celebrate women’s football for the South Bermondsey Festival 2023. This pop-up football pitch is intended for anyone who wants to play to create and set up their own ball game to celebrate the historic Women's World Cup 2023. We included a series of workshops with coach Carla Recover. We provided two training sessions as an overview of the football game through guided drills open to all ages and abilities. A collaboration with h Against the Run of Play and Bridgehouse Meadows for the South Bermondsey Festival 2023

Our Natural Blue Spaces is a project dedicated to exploring and celebrating the beauty of Blue Spaces—rivers, lakes, canals, and ponds—within the Central Bedfordshire area through a blend of art, workshops and community engagement. MENU Our Natural Blue Spaces | 2024 Produced by Bedford Creative Arts in partnership with Central Bedfordshire Council, featuring illustrations by Kremena Dimitrova and students from Central Bedfordshire schools. This website was designed and built by Living Things Studio for the project Our Natural Blue Spaces . We use cookies to improve the user experience. To find out more, read our privacy policy . Map Menu Blue Leighton Buzzard Toddington Houghton Regis Biggleswade

The Living Things Studio is an experiential play studio that creates resources, experiences and spaces to challenge, inform, inspire and transform. Ultimately, it’s all about creating memorable experiences by reaching the state of play. PAST EXPERIENCE Playing with the mysteries ΕΛΕVΣΙΣ 2023 Street games for the 2023 European Capital of Culture (ECoC) in Eleusis, Greece. Seize the power (the game) Board game about discrimination and inequality. Designed to fall A bouncy castle designed to make visitors lose balance —the art of deception ClimateProv Aabsurd and intriguing interplay between human and AI performance. Parade of friendly monsters Celebrating the diverse cultural heritage of Deptford through a co-created parade. High street adventures Transforming the ordinary high street into a stage of playful exploration, riddles, and collaborative games. Only a game? An AR game about climate change and global warming. Piñata time! Bashing papier maché sculptures for TimeOut's 50th anniversary. Crafting digital worlds An evolving digital open world created by museum visitors. Children making utopias (mundos ideales) Research project about utopias from the perspective of children. What would your ideal world look like? Any pitch way Pop-up pitch to celebrate women’s football for the South Bermondsey Festival 2023. Whimsical creatures Strange creatures take over the streets of Cholula, Mexico.

Celebrating Mexican traditions through collective rituals, workshops, and co-creation. Previous Next Day of the dead cultural programme 2024 Celebrating Mexican traditions through collective rituals, workshops, and co-creation.

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Co-creative project that explores and celebrates Central Bedfordshire waterways. Previous Next Our natural blue spaces Co-creative project that explores and celebrates Central Bedfordshire waterways.