Think Design Play

After Leveling Up in the Netherlands (2003), Changing Views in Canada (2005), Situated Play in Japan (2007) and Breaking New Ground in England (2009) the 5th DiGRA Conference returns to the Netherlands for THINK DESIGN PLAY. Join us at our serious playground and participate in a meaningful dialogue between all players in the field of games and play. We seek to connect game research to the creative industries and society by fostering an integrated practice of research, design, engineering and entrepreneurship.

Speakers

Kid Koala

Eric ZImmerman

Garry Crawford

Frans Mäyrä

Reiner Knizia

Jen Jenson

Suzanne de Castell

Antanas Mockus Šivickas

Florence Chee

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News

Keynote video’s

We are proud to start sharing videos from the keynote talks at Think Design Play. The first video is Bernie DeKoven's closing keynote titled Playing Well…

What a Ride!

A very big Thank You to everyone for being part of the Think Design Play conference! The event was designed to interrogate the dominant form of the…

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Travel & Information

Venue

Utrecht School of the Arts

Address & Route

Oude Amersfoortseweg 131
1212AA Hilversum
Tel: (+31) 35 - 683 64 64
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Previous Digra Conferences

2003

Utrecht

Level Up, the inaugural DiGRA conference was hosted by Utrecht University. The proceedings can be found here.

2005

Vancouver

The 2nd DiGRA conference, Changing Views: Worlds in Play, was hosted by Simon Fraser University. The conference proceedings can be found here.

2007

Tokyo

Situated Play was the 3rd DiGRA conference hosted by Tokyo University. The conference proceedings can be found here.

2009

London

The 4th DiGRA conference was titled Breaking new ground: Innovation in games, play, practice and theory. The conference was hosted by Brunel University. The conference proceedings can be found here.

2011

Hilversum

The goal of THINK DESIGN PLAY, the 5th DiGRA conference, is to advance the study of games and playfulness. The conference is designed as a playground for meaningful dialogue between all players in the field of games. We are looking forward to welcome you!

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