Branch-It

Above: The timeline of a ‘Branch-It’ game.

Branch-It: The structure-building, balancing game played in the woodlands to help us reconnect with nature and improve our well-being.

Branch-It is a constructive, creative game that can be played alone or in groups. The players have to carefully balance branches using the 'Branch-It' stools to create a woodland structure. The players have to see how big they can make their structure before the upper stool slips and the structure falls.

The players have to bring the 'Branch-It' stools to their local woodlands. The stools are able to slip together so they can be carried with ease.
The players then have to forage in the woods for a supply of branches to build the structure.
The stools are then set up, one balancing on top of the other.
The players/player then take turns placing branches in the stools or across the stools. The turns continue with growing difficulty as the structure grows, until it collapses.

Above: The sketching development of the project

Above: Small-scale models depicting people playing the game.