Plable - Connecting Generations

Yumiko Tanaka designs tools/toys to connect children and parents at home. One of her designs is called Plable, which features a standard tabletop with a playground on the underside. “They can build their own imaginary world on the underside of the table with opposite gravity. The movement that happens on the tabletop triggers the happenings on the underside. For example as light is set on the table top, night falls on its underside; when an object like a a newspaper is placed on the table, a hill forms on the other side; everyday tableware like a cup will cause traffic to flow on the roundabout; some objects placed on particular part of the table will make the pteranodon fly; the more elements placed on the table, the more the underworld will be animated. “ (We-make-money-not-art)