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. T <br /> • <br /> it <br /> la rounds <br /> YJ . 1 <br /> for the <br /> Twenty - First Century 11 <br /> Jay Beckwith <br /> Forestville, California <br /> Designs in this format are emerging as the <br /> new standard for playground equipment, <br /> • The author is one of America's designers of playground equipment and the replacing traditional swings, slides and <br /> author of t playgrounds publications on plMagrods and playground safety including. climbers that have remained unchanged <br /> "Build Your Own P/avground" and "Hake Your Backyard Better Than TV." for the last half-century. <br /> A new approach to playground design <br /> is very needed and welcomed. Play- <br /> IF YOU HAVE attended national and logs you will notice that most manufac- grounds are a fitting place for creative in- <br /> regional N.R.P.A. gatherings or if turers have a"system"product consisting novation. Over the last decade we have <br /> you receive playground equipment cata- of posts,decks and attached playevents. seen such diverse products as stacks of <br /> lumber from Timberform,carnivals from <br /> GameTime and western towns from Pat- <br /> terson-Williams. As interesting as these <br /> products are, none of them has proven <br /> to be as successful as the straightforward <br /> Post/Deck/Event design first popularized <br /> by Landscape Structures. <br /> ='�`tlr,4;,, ._ wWhile unique products will always be <br /> ' , available• 1r , <br /> zationtowe ards will <br /> this seeformat.continuedSuch standardsatrend <br /> 'S <br /> r <br /> ' -iis both inevitable and to some extent de- <br /> 4' - '' . . sirable. The purpose of this article is to <br /> `: <br /> ►'' 1 increase consumer awareness of the funs- <br /> . ./• •.►.tin. - �✓ L <br /> _IT I_', : .)� - ` tion of this new standard of playground <br /> . ` 4' - • <br /> � .._ equipment and the range of features and <br /> sw 8 ii options available. <br /> "� • . ,. w ��•.; .�. Standardization has a number of posi- <br /> '— • <br /> . tri tr� <br /> + 2 tive aspects.Without a degree of product <br /> /, ; . <br /> ,F�', uniformity competitive bids would not be <br /> r� • <br /> w possible.Similar kinds of equipment leads <br /> ,) <br /> F • N'+, � to a body of experience on equipment <br /> g' N `�.4 - function,durability and popularity.This <br /> ''•'' i information in turn results in refinements <br /> _ which enhance the product's total perfor- <br /> mance. This process can be observed in <br /> 110 <br /> " ``" many products from computers to auto- <br /> mobiles.Nowadays it is possible to drive <br /> Creative systems are becoming the standard for playground equipment. any car on the market because the con- <br />