Quirky table tennis equipment promotes more creative play at French school

French architecture studio Exercice has installed four unconventional table tennis tables at a school in Ingré, France, to encourage children to make up their own rules and strategies.

Named Ping Pong Park, the equipment is an extension of Exercice's research into play as a means for social connection, which has resulted in a series of playgrounds with objects that can be used in different ways.

"These are not conventional sports installations, but social sculptures: accessible,...