Unbox! Playing Together to Deepen Collaboration

What if collaborating could be more playful and profound?

Many collaborations begin with excitement and end up buried in meetings, spreadsheets, and ‘project talk’. There is a dire need to suspend those and create space for a new way of imagining what's possible

UNBOX is a game-like experience that helps teams explore how they work together through play, storytelling, and metaphors. Using carefully designed metaphorical objects, interactive boards, and quests, participants (re)imagine their process, for example, as an adventurous sailing journey or a careful dive into the unknown.

New metaphors for new stories

The stories we tell shape how we think and act. Metaphors help us connect the abstract with the familiar and the embodied, and are already a secret sauce in many designers’ work. UNBOX makes that accessible to all kinds of groups. By using new metaphors to reshape the stories we tell about collaborations, we unlock novel possibilities. Conversations become more creative; assumptions become visible. Participants can more easily form teams and discover fresh ways to move forward together.

Curious about the hidden stories shaping your own collaborations? Step into UNBOX and experience how play and metaphor can transform the way we work together.

Experience UNBOX at DDW

Unbox exhibition! At DDW26, UNBOX presents Playing Together to Deepen Collaboration, a mini-exhibition exploring how play and metaphors can transform the way we work with others. DDW Visitors can play with the tools, discover the power of metaphor, and experience how playful thinking can unlock more meaningful collaboration. No need to register.

Ready, Set, Unbox! Join us on Sunday 18 October between 14:00-17:00 for the launch of Unbox. Short and sweet, a 15-minute experience will allow participants to taste how playful approaches can shake up the usually boring ways projects are handled. Register upon arrival.

Individuals and groups can both experience it.