Bruno Munari's virtual home opens its doors to children with lots of books, games and workshops to stimulate their creativity.
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousDesigner, sculptor, graphic designer, architect, writer and much more, Bruno Munari he contributed to change the world of art through his visual and tactile experiments, thanks to a unique creativity of its kind. He created unforgettable works, proving himself multifaceted, passing from advertising to industrial design, from painting to cinema, also producing books for school, games, graphic workshops, research books.
He also loved children very much, convinced that "playing is a serious thing", and that children should grow up free from stereotypes, helped to develop all the senses and become more sensitive. Because "a creative child is a happy child".
To help them play intelligently, Munari invented games such as "the Architecture Box", which includes wooden bricks that allow you to build buildings, and "the Meo Cat", a cat in foam rubber and wire that changes position, but also the giraffe Pasqualina, Labyrinth, Transformations and many others.
He also started a children's workshop where they played visual art, experimenting with techniques and rules of works of art. The "Playing with art" method was a resounding success and the workshops were then re-proposed under the name "Bruno Munari Method".
© At home with Munari
The virtual space is dedicated to his genius "At home with Munari“, Created by the Bruno Munari association and the Incode company in Cremona, designed for families and teachers who are stopped at home due to the coronavirus emergency.
Munari's house is divided into rooms, just like a real house, from the library to the terrace, from the laboratory to the playroom, which contain texts, stories and activities of the Bruno Munari Method that can be created through everyday objects.
A non-random choice that wants to give everyone the opportunity, in this period of imprisonment, to participate in the activities proposed online. Furthermore, the objects gradually created will not end up in a lost drawer but will become part of a beautiful virtual museum.
Going through the red door you enter the Library, where Silvana, president of the Bruno Munari Association, reads some of the author's books, from “Toc toc. Who is? Open the door "to" The yellow magician "and" Gigi is looking for his cap ".
In the laboratory with the yellow door, books to be read together are made, you learn to rediscover the wonder, you change your gaze on the world through the timeless technique of collage.
And on the terrace, from the blue door, what happens? Here nature is the real teacher! While in the playroom Munari tells us about his games and teaches us to make them with everyday objects.
SOURCE: At home with Munari
You might also like:
- Touching beauty: in Ancona the exhibition by Bruno Munari and Maria Montessori not to be missed
- Games and activities to do at home with children
