BANANAZ STUDIO – BERLIN

Play design
gone Bananaz.

We design play spaces and products that make kids’ eyes light up, cities more human, and the world a little more joyful. Safe, buildable, and never boring.

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WHO WE ARE
An industrial designer and an architect who saw the same thing missing
We met at one of the world’s leading playground companies and left to build something more honest, more creative, and more fun. Two decades of hands-on expertise, from rope physics to product safety, from first sketch to launch.

Samantha Jeffrey

Two decades of strategic design leadership — running large cross-disciplinary teams and representing the industry internationally at the highest level.

Martino Pezzolla

A restless creative curiosity — always looking beyond the playground to art, culture and unexpected influences, and bringing people and ideas together.

We know playgrounds properly.

A playground is only as good as its details — the sightlines, the fall zones, the way a structure holds up to ten years of hard play. We’ve spent 20 years getting those details right, from first sketch to installed reality.

Experience

Over two decades in the playground industry. We’re accomplished designers with deep practical expertise across wildly different projects — and a passion for play that drives every one.

Understanding

From first sketch to final launch, we understand what it takes to bring a playground concept to life. Modest or grand, we’re here to talk it through — with enthusiasm and expertise.

Professionalism

We prioritise play value, inclusivity and product safety in everything. And we treat confidentiality with partners as non-negotiable — trust and integrity in every collaboration.

WHAT WE STAND FOR

Play belongs to

everyone.

Six beliefs that shape every brief we take, from a single bold product to a whole urban play space.

Bold by design

We take creative risks — not the safe choice, the interesting one.

Play for All

Play has no age limit. Every space we design invites everyone in.

Expert Depth

20+ years of technical mastery — from first sketch to product launch.

Human Always

Warm, curious, collaborative. People matter as much as design.

Cross-Pollination

We look beyond playground — to art, craft and tech for fresh ideas.

Peace & Equality

Play is a right, not a privilege. We design for inclusivity.

WHAT WE DO

Four ways to work

with us.

From a single bold product to a whole urban play space — the same technical expertise runs through all of it.

Playground & Urban Play Design

Bespoke installations and playful urban spaces — concept to completion for cities, developers and public environments.

Play Product Development

Original play product ranges with full technical and safety expertise built in from day one.

Parametric, AI, Hand-Sketch & Physical Models

Fluent across the full design spectrum — hand-drawn sketches, physical scale models, parametric and AI-assisted workflows.

Artistic Collaborations

Partnering with artists, craftspeople and creative voices beyond the playground world for culture-led, unexpected results.

Expanding Horizons

We’re beginning to explore play in new contexts — toys, interiors and brand environments. Early days, but the curiosity is very real.

THE TOOL WE WORK IN

Hand sketch to parametric, whatever

the idea needs.

Design & Visualisation

Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD, and Grasshopper for parametric design, forms you couldn’t draw by hand.

Marketing & Craft

Adobe Creative Suite, AI-assisted rendering workflows, digital hand-sketching  and physical model-making

Standards & knowledge

EN 1176 · ASTM · CSA · ADA. Play values and age-appropriate design, built in from the start.

FRESH OUT OF THE STUDIO

the play we’re designing today.

The products and installations we’re bringing to life today.

Animal crew

Marble run

Redesign + Extend existing play space concept: Neolini® 2.0

Do you wanna play with us?

Brief us once and trust us to deliver something you’d be proud to put your name on. Let’s have a chat.