Cas Holman

Cas Holman (born 1974) is an American toy designer. She is known for designing toys that emphasize creativity through unstructured play.[1]

Holman's Rigamajig line of collaborative playsets, originating as a custom play feature for the High Line Park[2] in 2011, has been included in schools and museum play areas internationally.[3][4] Previously a professor at Syracuse University,[5] she is currently a professor at the Rhode Island School of Design[6] and the founder and principal designer of the toy company Heroes Will Rise.[7]

Holman is the subject of an episode of the Netflix series Abstract: The Art of Design titled "Cas Holman: Design for Play,"[8] focusing on her design philosophies.

References
  1. Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy (2016-05-15). Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells us About Raising Successful Children (1st ed.). APA. p. 200. ISBN 978-1433822391. Take Rigamajig (http://www.rigamajig.com), an invention by Cas Holman that encourages kids to make moving structures out of big, beautiful wooden pieces that interconnect. A short look at her demonstration video tells the story of what children can do if given the tools, the safe space, and the time to explore. They organically turn into engineers.
  2. Lindner, Christopher; Rosa, Brian (2017-05-09). Deconstructing the High Line: Postindustrial Urbanism and the Rise of the Elevated Park. Rutgers University Press. p. 31. ISBN 9780813576459. ...we commissioned and build the High Line Children's Workyard Kit in 2011, a portable kit of parts designed by Abby and Cas Holman to allow children to build anything in their imagination, harking back to the High Line's industrial heritage.
  3. Birks, Kimberlie (2018-05-09). Design for Children. Phaidon Press Limited. p. 224. ISBN 9780714875194. Launched in 2011, Rigamajig accommodates between two to twenty children playing under supervision. Widely seen as a tool to encourage creativity, unstructured play and process over outcome, the kit has been adopted by museums, classrooms, and parks.
  4. Olson, Yadira Sanchez. "North Chicago resource agency to unveil 'Rigamajig' for children of veterans". Lake County News-Sun. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  5. "VPA's Cas Holman wins Design Distinction from I.D. Magazine". SU News. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  6. "Cas Holman | Faculty | Industrial Design | RISD". www.risd.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  7. Castella, Krystina (2018-11-08). Designing for Kids: Creating for Playing, Learning, and Growing. Routledge. ISBN 9781351968867.
  8. "Abstract: The Art of Design". Netflix.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.


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