Can You Learn the Design DNA of Frank Lloyd Wright with Froebel Blocks?

Architecture professor John Reynolds incorporates Froebel Gift Play as the core of his design program at Miami University of Ohio. Students first construct their own Froebel Gift sets, often with elaborate and beautiful box designs. Then, using Froebel's original kindergarten Forms of Life, they explore design from provided prompts. Rent the 72-min pilot episode here: vimeo.com/ondemand/gardenofchildren