Playplax Squares, Special Edition.
Transparent interlocking squares in original window display box.
Playplax was designed by Patrick Rylands for Trendon Toys in 1967. Rylands was a part-time designer and teacher at the Hornsey College of Art who was originally working on prefabricated parts for the construction industry. He had the idea of miniaturizing these parts to make a toy. The original version of Playplax included plastic squares only. Slightly later, 1968, sets with cylindrical parts were also produced.
Playplax won a Design Centre award in 1967.
This is a special edition set with display box which I assume was produced for sale only at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. It contains 24 squares. I can find no record of its existence online so presumably it's very rare.
Mechanism:- N/R.
Action:- Construction toy.
Size:- box 15.00 x 2.25 x 2.00 inches.
Condition:- In excellent order. Unused. The original display box is in very good condition. Appears to be old stock.
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