From Netflix to The New Yorker, here are selections from Cas's many appearances in print and digital publications, talks, podcasts, and more.
Queens Museum
2024
Cas launches a large-scale, interactive exhibition, Cas Holman: Prototyping Play, comprised of “Tracing Play” and “Critter Party,” exploring the intersection of art-making and play.
Walker Reader
2023
Cas guest-edits a series called Radical Play for Walker Art Center’s Walker Reader in which she and contributors consider play an act of rebellion.
Kindling
Magazine
2022
Cas talks about designing objects that empower children to be the architects of their own play in a profile for the magazine’s Imagination Issue.
Abstract: The Art of Design
2019
Featured in Season 2 of the acclaimed documentary series, Abstract explores Cas’s unique design process and the questions and ideas that shaped it.
The New Yorker
2019
The Culture Desk talks to Cas about her search for the ideal playground.
Backstage Talks
2022
Cas discusses finding the balance between the constraints and the freedom necessary for creative work in this conversation on the business and process of design.
Sight Unseen
2020
In a short interview for Harry’s Design with Pride campaign, Cas shares her experiences and advice for LGBTQ+ creatives.
Fast Company
2015
In this article authored by Cas, she makes the case for letting kids design their own play.
IN PRINT
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2015
2011
“The Serious Work That Free Play Can Do,” an op-ed by Cas Holman
Interview with inventor Cas Holman for this National Geographic Kids book
Book by Irene Guerrieri featuring the work of Cas Holman, Rosan Bosch, Rasu Watanabe
Radical Play, a series guest-edited by Cas Holman
Cas Holman was play design consultant for the Barnard Center for Toddler Development
A Celebration of Open-Ended Noodling by Cas Holman
Creating Wobbly World - An Interview with Liza Rawson and Cas Holman
Cas Holman on Dismantling False Binaries
Cas Holman's Toys Empower Children to Ask Big Questions
Cas Holman on the Possibilities of Play
Harry's New Campaign Celebrates LGBT+ Creatives
11 LGBTQ Designers Share Their Experiences and Advice
Design to Play and Learn
“We Don't Give Children the Freedom to Play” says designer Cas Holman
Cas Holman's Search for the Ideal Playground
Toy Designer Cas Holman Is Obliterating Old Notions of Play
The Case For Letting Kids Design Their Own Play
Three Keys to Creative Kid Design
IN PRINT
2024
BLOOMBERG CITYLAB - The Serious Work That Free Play Can Do, an Op-Ed by Cas Holman
YES! NO? MAYBE SO… - Interview with inventor Cas Holman for this National Geographic Kids book
DESIGNING EDUCATIONAL TOYS AND SPACES - Book by Irene Guerrieri featuring the work of Cas Holman, Rosan Bosch, Rasu Watanabe
2023
WALKER READER - Radical Play, a series guest-edited by Cas Holman
AIA OCULUS - Cas Holman was the play design consultant for the Barnard Center for Toddler Development
2022
SLOW LEARNING - A celebration of Open-Ended Noodling by Cas Holman
EXHIBITRICKS - Creating Wobbly World - An Interview with Liza Rawson and Cas Holman
2021
PLUS MAGAZINE - Cas Holman on Dismantling False Binaries
2020
SURFACE - Cas Holman's Toys Empower Children to Ask Big Questions
CREATIVE REVIEW - Cas Holman on the Possibilities of Play
CREATIVE REVIEW - Harry's New Campaign Celebrates LGBT+ Creatives
SIGHT UNSEEN - 11 LGBTQ Designers Share Their Experiences and Advice
GRAFFICA - Design to Play and Learn
DEZEEN - “We Don't Give Children the Freedom to Play” says designer Cas Holman
2019
THE NEW YORKER - Cas Holman's Search for the Ideal Playground
DWELL - Toy Designer Cas Holman Is Obliterating Old Notions of Play
2015
FAST COMPANY - The Case For Letting Kids Design Their Own Play
2011
FAST COMPANY - Three Keys to Creative Kid Design
Surface Magazine
2020
Plus Magazine
2021
DAMN Magazine
2017
International Design Magazine
2008
Talks, Q&As, Podcasts
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2018
2015
delivers the opening festival talk “Play as an Act of Collective Rebellion.”
Cas Holman, Tovah Klein, Yoni Kallai, and Kimaada LeGendre discuss
free play at Queens Museum
Designing for Play
S2E6: Cas Holman
S3E47: Free Play and Developing a Philosophy of Openness
Shift / Change / Transform: Play as Process
Engineering for Good: Designing for Play
Cas Holman: Design for play
Play as an Important Part of Our Lives
Designing for Play
Cas Holman on Finding a Career in Design
Cas Holman, Designer
Toys That Transcend Identity
Cas Holman Designs Play
Talks, Q&As, Podcasts
2024
What Design Can Do Mexico GNP - Cas Holman delivers opening festival talk “Play as an Act of Collective Rebellion.”
The Power of Free Play - Cas Holman, Tovah Klein, Yoni Kallai, and Kimaada LeGendre discuss free play at Queens Museum
2023
Big & Little Podcast, Boston Children's Museum - Designing for Play
2022
rizdeology - S2E6: Cas Holman
Lean Into You - S3E47: Free Play and Developing a Philosophy of Openness
2021
Shift By Design - Shift / Change / Transform: Play as Process
The Franklin Institute - Engineering for Good: Designing for Play
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian - Cas Holman: Design for Play
D'Festival of Change - Play as an Important Part of Our Lives
Arwidsson Talks - Designing for Play
Design:ED - Cas Holman on Finding a Career in Design
2020
The Wind Thieved Hat - Cas Holman, Designer
2018
Creative Mornings - Toys That Transcend Identity
2015
Iterate: Perspectives on Design & Failure - Cas Holman Designs Play
Exhibitions
2024
2023
A large-scale, interactive exhibition at Queens Museum comprised of “Tracing Play” and “Critter Party” (May 2024 to January 2025)
Queens Museum: Cas Holman: Prototyping Play
Featured among a group of 10 women toy designers, innovators in their field (March to October 2024)
Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel: Plush, Play & Pioneers: Women in toy design
Exploring the creative processes of two award-winning American toy designers (May to October 2023)
Shelburne Museum: Object/s of Play: The Work of Cas Holman and Karen Hewitt
Exhibitions
2024
Queens Museum: Cas Holman: Prototyping Play - A large-scale, interactive exhibition at Queens Museum comprised of Cas’s “Tracing Play” and “Critter Party” (May 2024 to January 2025)
Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel: Plush, Play & Pioneers: Women in toy design - Featured among a group of 10 women toy designers, and innovators in their field (March to October 2024)
2023
Shelburne Museum: Object/s of Play: The Work of Cas Holman and Karen Hewitt - Exploring the Creative Processes of two award-winning American toy designers (May to October 2023)