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Basic Forms: Reimagining Public Space

Date: 14 October 2026
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Frobisher Auditorium 2, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DS, London
Third-party event
Foreground left, little girl wearing sunglasses and a summer dress carrying and moving a stool from one outside area to another (possibly to group it with others at a red, blue and green round table)

Join artist and designer Päivi Raivio and author Tim Gill for a screening and conversation on playful urban design in partnership with London Design Festival.

Following the launch of Basic Forms (of Urban Life) as part of the Play Make Do festival, this event brings together award-winning artist and designer Päivi Raivio and Tim Gill, author of Urban Playground: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities, in partnership with London Design Festival.

The event will begin with a screening of documentation from Basic Forms (of Urban Life), followed by a conversation and an audience Q&A.

Together, they will explore how playful design can challenge conventional approaches to urban planning, encourage participation across generations and help create cities that are more inclusive, responsive and enjoyable for the people who use them.

[Tickets are free for everyone as a LDF2026 event. Please register to attend.]