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Kids stuff, one may say, but play is the first encounter one has with the environment of the world out there. Beyond the world of one's parents lies an environment ready to be set upon, influenced to our liking. It is an expanding world that starts with the first toy, the first step, the first playmate, and the first playground, and the first playground lesson - whatever that may be.

In preparation for Play Pilipinas 2011, Play Universal held a competition to challenge designers, both professionals and students alike, to comeup with their vision foraconceptual space that will immerse children, teens, and even adults in the wonder and delights of active play. On this landmark Philippine conference on play, Play Universal will unveil the winning design:  a 100sqm indoor adventure playground.

Here's a nice treat to all architects, interior designers, industrial designers, engineers and other professional and technical persons who uses AutoCAD frequently in their line of work.  It's a free AutoCAD application you can use for free!

Yep, you heard it right, it's really free.  Those professionals who have purchased AutoCAD know that the offline product is very expensive and not all people you coordinate your drawings with have access to this costly software.  So Autodesk, the company who is responsible for spreading the use of AutoCAD in the construction world, has made a solution.  They created an online AutoCAD application which anyone can easily access using a computer and an internet connection.

Here's an innovative idea for a kitchen.  This system conceptualized by Theodore Thonga has sliding panels that hides or reveals the kitchen counter as you please.



As I know a lot of homeowners, especially old-fashioned mothers that doesn't want the kitchen to be seen from the public areas of the house because they say it's usually a mess, this system may impress them.  Although, as they are already old-fashioned, it may not impress them at all.  But who knows, when they see how this system can instantly hide the mess on their kitchen counter and create a cleaner look, maybe they'd love it and might even create an opening on the kitchen wall to the living areas.

More pictures and a video of it working after the jump...