Collection: Play

There’s always someone who takes it a little too seriously. Someone who insists their rules are the right rules. And someone who says they’re not playing, then won’t let anyone leave the table until they’ve won.

The Burmese take their games seriously too, and we thought it was time we joined in. Heavy brass noughts and crosses, carved wooden draughts, impossibly smooth lacquer balls for solitaire: these are games to be played, but also to be enjoyed as beautiful objects. The wood is made from offcuts - new life given to old pieces. 

And for smaller players, we've got Naga bean bags and painted animals. One minute they're building a castle, the next a spaceship, then suddenly the whole sitting room’s a den. We should all make more time to play. Let's go.