Affenzahn, known for their iconic, playful rucksacks, shoes and accessories were looking to create a flagship playground at their headquarter offices, complete with kindergarten, in Cologne, Germany. Tasked with capturing the spirit of the Affenzahn characters and inviting children to join their story, we created a super fun playground, where you can meet and explore the curious monkey, caring koala and courageous tigress.

You can climb, jump, bounce, build, slide and more on the various elements of the playground. Affenzahn want to aid children and parents in discovering five core values together - family, friendship, security, trust and honesty - and what better way to do that than through play?

The design of the playground was inspired by a combination of the iconic Affenzahn rucksacks and the illustrations of the figures from their children's books and the characters were transformed into sculptural play elements. Below, you can see some of our process - from Affenzahn's own illustrations to our designer's first rough sketches in the brainstorming phase to the 3D render of some of the playground.

We're very excited that Gathering Place riverfront park in Tulsa, USA has been named Best City Park 2021 by USA Today. Gathering Place is an enormous public park designed by the world-renowned landscape architect MVVA and featuring several sculptural playgrounds designed by MONSTRUM. Two giant herons, a bear and a snake are just some of the play elements to be discovered.