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: Received: 13 December 2022 / Approved: 14 December 2022 / Online: 14 December 2022 (06:57:08 CET)
How to cite:
Legaard, J.F. Play, Flow and Wonder – Reassessing the Notion of Optimal Experience. Preprints2022, 2022120251. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202212.0251.v1
Legaard, J.F. Play, Flow and Wonder – Reassessing the Notion of Optimal Experience. Preprints 2022, 2022120251. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202212.0251.v1
Legaard, J.F. Play, Flow and Wonder – Reassessing the Notion of Optimal Experience. Preprints2022, 2022120251. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202212.0251.v1
APA Style
Legaard, J.F. (2022). Play, Flow and Wonder – Reassessing the Notion of Optimal Experience. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202212.0251.v1
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Legaard, J.F. 2022 "Play, Flow and Wonder – Reassessing the Notion of Optimal Experience" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202212.0251.v1
Abstract
Since its introduction almost 50 years ago, the concept of ‘flow’ has been descriptive of optimal experiences, also in relation to play. However, the explorative nature of play leads to some discrepancies between flow and the optimal experience of play. In this paper the differences between flow and play are explored, leading to proposing the state of ‘wonder’ (directed at exploration) as an alternative to ‘flow’. From this perspective, the study further explores how we may design toys that enable meaningful experiences of play, identifying opportunities in designing for toys as the enablers of immersed experiences of wonder.
Keywords
Play; Flow; Design; Wonder; Toys
Subject
Arts and Humanities, Humanities
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.