The design provided in the park is very different and probably not what many people are used to in a public play space, but the provision of features, such as natural materials, mounds, logs and blocks, encourages children to play more imaginatively and creatively.

This broader and more naturalistic approach to play provision is one that is being encouraged by all the key play and safety agencies as well as being endorsed by central and local government.

It is not intended to replace traditional play space, but rather to add to the mix of play provisions and to enrich children’s opportunities to experience a wide variety of stimulating play experiences.

Paraphrased, I think it means “kids need to get used to bland, useless, painful government-provided concrete structures early so they will passively accept the disappointment with life we’ll be forcing them to endure for the rest of their lives.”

Via Manolo’s Shoe Blog, which itself comes to me via Mr. Flibbertigibbet, the Louis Vitton Frankenpurse:

Apparently, it costs $52,500 and they’re only making two dozen. Beyoncé Knowles and the current Mrs. Rudy Giuliani are rumored to be among the elite few purchasers. Witness the Post-modernism at work here. Rather than make a new, classy, stylish bag that a beautiful woman wouldn’t have to compete with for attention, they just cut up their leftovers from seasons past, slap them together haphazardly, and claim to have created the pinnacle of high purse fashion. Being elegant, simple, understated, compact, or functional isn’t important any more. Everything that can be done has been done. Everything old is new again, if we just mix it up a bit. And now there’s a purse that perfectly articulates the aesthetics that follow therefrom.

I neglected to source the photograph. It is from a Louis Vitton press kit.