Article published on 16 March 2017

Creator of Play Equipment, Creator of Emotions

Slideshow Proludic – 100 Smileys in 1’30” ! from Proludic on Vimeo.

At Proludic we always put children at the heart of all our designs, products and installations. Our primary motivation is to provide children all over the world with playgrounds that offer fun, challenges and a multitude of play sensations.

With 30 years of experience under our belt and over 80,000 play areas installed worldwide, we think we have some knowledge as to what makes them happy. Well, hopefully anyway!!

To celebrate this fact we have created the above video showing 100 smiles from across the globe in 1.30! And here are some of our own favourite smiley images of children enjoying our play equipment!

See if you can spot any smiles taken from one of your sites. If you can then let us know at [email protected] and we’ll send you some Proludic branded notebooks and pens.

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