From Netflix to The New Yorker, here are selections from Cas's many appearances in print and digital publications, talks, podcasts, and more.
Armchair Expert
2025
Cas loved spending time in conversation with Dax Shepard and Monica Padman!
CBS Mornings
2025
Cas was invited to CBS Mornings to discuss Playful: How Play Shifts Our Thinking, Inspires Connection, and Sparks Creativity
The Guardian
2025
“American protest is getting more playful. That doesn’t mean we’re not serious” an op-ed by Cas Holman
Granted
2025
Playful by Cas Holman with Lydia Denworth featured in Adam Grant’s list “The New Books to Fight Brain Rot.”
Penguin Random House
2025
Announcing Playful: How Play Shifts Our Thinking, Inspires Connection, and Sparks Creativity, by Cas Holman with Lydia Denworth (Avery, October 21, 2025).
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.
PRINT + DIGITAL
2025
Business Books: What To Read This Month
To Unlock Creativity, Consider Playful Design
Have More Fun To Success In Business and Life
More than a game: How play helps wire our social brains
The New Books to Fight Brain Rot by Adam Grant
Why Playing is Good for You, According to Science
If you want to get ahead in leadership game, it’s important to learn how to play
Google, Nike and Disney- here’s the No. 1 ‘overlooked’ skill I teach them
Skip the productivity hacks–it’s time to prioritize play at work
Why You Need To Play Today
Our Toy Inventors’ Top 15 Picks for 2025
How to rediscover your creativity in 3 simple steps
Bored Kids Could Be Better Off– Here’s Why You Should Let It Happen
Sandbox To Boardroom—How Adult Play Transforms Leadership, Mental Health
Top 10 Inspirational Books - December 2025
Allergic you to fun…your 10-minutes-a-day fax
New Book: Play designer Cas Holman on the benefits of play for adults
2025 Most Anticipated Fall List by Zibby Owens
Fall Favorites Business Books 2025
Why Hobbies Are Good For You
2024
“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.
DESIGNING EDUCATIONAL TOYS AND SPACES
Book by Irene Guerrieri featuring the work of Cas Holman, Rosan Bosch, and Rasu Watanabe.
2023
Radical Play, a series guest-edited by Cas Holman.
Cas served as play design consultant for the Barnard Center for Toddler Development re-design.
2022
A Celebration of Open-Ended Noodling by Cas Holman.
Creating Wobbly World - An Interview with Liza Rawson and Cas Holman.
2021
Cas Holman on Dismantling False Binaries.
2020
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.
2019
Cas Holman's Search for the Ideal Playground.
Toy Designer Cas Holman Is Obliterating Old Notions of Play.
2015
The Case For Letting Kids Design Their Own Play.
Surface Magazine
2020
Plus Magazine
2021
DAMN Magazine
2017
International Design Magazine
2008
Broadcasts,
Talks + Podcasts
2025
Toy designer Cas Holman on why adults need more playtime
An interview with play designer Cas Holman
Toy designer and author Cas Holman discusses how play shapes the way people learn and connect
Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness
Are You Burnt Out? Learn How To PLAY Again!
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Cas Holman (on being playful)
Can We Survive Without Play?
IDEO U’s Creative Confidence Podcast
How a Playful Mindset Leads to Better Work
If You’re Not Playing, You’re Likely Paying A Big Price
McKinsey & Company Author Talks
Why play isn’t just for children
PLAYFUL: A Book Talk with Cas Holman in Conversation with LIZ COLLINS
Penguin Random House Audio: This is the Author
Pam Grossman, Jenna Moreci, and Cas Holman
How to Feel Alive with Catherine Price
Getting Playful with Cas Holman
Designing for Playful Rebellion
Daily Creative with Todd Henry
Safe Danger: Why play is serious business
This Is Woman's Work with Nicole Kalil
How To Play: Shift Your Thinking, Inspire Connection & Spark Creativity with Cas Holman
You’re Too Scared of Being Useless to Play with Cas Holman
Cas Holman: On the Power of Play
The You Project with Craig Harper
The Power of Play – Cas Holman
Career Contessa with Lauren McGoodwin
How to Fight Brain Rot: Why Adults Need Play to Thrive at Work
Mentally Stronger with Therapist Amy Morin
The Science of Play for Adults: Lower Stress, Better Problem-Solving with Cas Holman
Why our kids can’t handle boredom featuring Cas Holman
Totally Booked with Zibby Owens
Cas Holman, PLAYFUL
The How of Business with Henry Lopez
The Power of Play in Business with Cas Holman
Power Your Parenting: Moms with Teens
Free Play, Less Stress
Playfulness, Possibility, and Queer Joy After 40 – Cas Holman
The business impact of play at work
Designer Cas Holman Is Giving Us All Permission to Play
Checking In with Michelle Williams
Checking In w/ Cas Holman
2024
“Play as an Act of Collective Rebellion”
The Power of Free Play
2023
Big & Little Podcast, Boston Children's Museum
Designing for Play
2022
2021
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
2020
Cas Holman, Designer
2018
Toys That Transcend Identity
2015
Iterate: Perspectives on Design & Failure
Cas Holman Designs Play
Exhibitions
2024
Queens Museum: Cas Holman: Prototyping Play
A large-scale, interactive exhibition at Queens Museum comprised of “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, 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)