Cas Holman Explained

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] and the Rhode Island School of Design,[6] [7] she is the founder and principal designer of the toy company Heroes Will Rise.[8] Holman is the subject of an episode of the Netflix series titled "Cas Holman: Design for Play,"[9] focusing on her design philosophies.

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  1. Book: Golinkoff . Roberta Michnick . Hirsh-Pasek . Kathy . Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells us About Raising Successful Children . 2016-05-15 . APA . 978-1433822391 . 200 . 1st . 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. Book: Lindner . Christopher . Rosa . Brian . Deconstructing the High Line: Postindustrial Urbanism and the Rise of the Elevated Park . 2017-05-09. Rutgers University Press . 31 . 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. Book: Birks . Kimberlie . Design for Children . 2018-05-09. Phaidon Press Limited . 9780714875194 . 224. 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. Web site: North Chicago resource agency to unveil 'Rigamajig' for children of veterans. Olson. Yadira Sanchez. Lake County News-Sun. en-US. 2019-01-07.
  5. Web site: VPA's Cas Holman wins Design Distinction from I.D. Magazine. SU News. en-US. 2019-01-07.
  6. Web site: Cas Holman Faculty Industrial Design RISD. www.risd.edu. en. 2019-01-07.
  7. Web site: Cas Holman . 2024-01-15 . Cas Holman . en-US.
  8. Book: Castella, Krystina. Designing for Kids: Creating for Playing, Learning, and Growing. 2018-11-08. Routledge. 9781351968867. en.
  9. Web site: Abstract: The Art of Design . Netflix.com . 13 October 2019.

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