Monday, April 26, 2010

Crease

Crushed







Frames




Accordion


Monday, March 22, 2010

Innovative Interactive toys/games

Toys made out of pipe cleaners.



Scrabble game used as a theme for furniture.


Burger bed

Traditional Games

Harappan dice
In today's dice, the dots representing 6 and 1 are opposite each other. Here they are side by side.





A Pachisi game board. It is the national game of India. Known as 'Pagade'. It is played the same way as Ludo is. Rules can vary.

















Ganjifa cards (Indian playing cards). They were introduced by the Mughals. The cards depict various images from the past. They represent departments of the imperial court in mughals, 10 avatars or incarnations of Vishnu by Hindus and similar other stories.











Image of a collection of cards by Warren Hastings.


Image of Mughal, perhaps Dakhani, ganjifa cards, c.1850.



Early Indian snakes and ladder game (1700's AD)




Backgammon game board




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