REINVENTION: ALLPLAY

Building on its 2025 debut during Singapore Design Week as a design district, this year’s edition looks at play as a form of research, exploration, and experimentation. Curated by CapitaLand Development in partnership with OuterEdit, REINVENTION: ALLPLAY features a series of installations, experiences and activities that demonstrate how thoughtfully designed spaces can encourage movement, spark creativity and strengthen social connection. At its core, the activation reframes play through the lens of design, reimagining familiar routines and activities to explore how small design interventions can lead to fresh ideas that are more accessible, inclusive, and impactful.

Anchoring the festival are three opening experiences: PlayLab, PlayMission and PlayCourt.

PlayLab presents self-guided exhibits represented by five themes of ‘Think’, ‘Make’, ‘Move’, ‘Experience’ and ‘Connect’, that are designed to spark discovery, creativity, movement and experimentation. Key events happening at PlayLab include Minds at Play (15–16 August), Hands at Play (22–23 August) and Design Market (22–23 August). PlayLab will be at The Canopy at Geneo from 11 to 23 August before moving to other locations within Geneo through 22 November.

PlayMission explores how play can inspire learning and positive action. Launching with Ranger Buddies: The Planet Cup by Mandai X, the programme invites families and young visitors to discover how everyday actions can collectively create a positive environmental impact through a series of interactive physical and digital (Augmented Reality) mission challenges. PlayMission – Ranger Buddies: The Planet Cup runs from 29 August to 13 September at The Canopy.

PlayCourt repurposes the outdoor area at 7 Science Park Drive into an ever-changing playscape. Gradually transforming over the course of the three months, the PlayCourt will open with familiar sports courts before introducing design and spatial interventions, inviting visitors to rethink forms of play. Alongside adapted versions of sports such as basketball, football and pickleball, visitors can contribute to Singapore Science Park’s first co-created community mural, collectively creating a lasting artwork over the course of the festival.