Cas Holman

Cas Holman is the author of Playful: How Play Shifts Our Thinking, Inspires Connection, and Sparks Creativity. As the founder and chief designer of the toy company Heroes Will Rise, she has shared her perspective in workshops and seminars with teams at Google, Nike, LEGO Foundation, Disney Imagineering, and more. Some of her designs include toys like Rigamajig and structures at the Highline and the Liberty Science Center. Cas lives in New York City and designs from her studio in Brooklyn.

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Books

More than a game: How play helps wire our social brains

In this excerpt from “Playful,” Cas Holman surveys the research that brought the neuroscience of play into the mainstream.