The Alaska Design Forum presents Miriam Shevland as part of their 2021 lecture series “PLAY” during Anchorage Design Week 2021, seeking to investigate the power of play and its influence and inspirations on land and its inhabitants. Similar to design with its power to provoke human emotions and experiences, the power of play has an innate humanistic allure that provokes excitement and desire.

Miriam Shevland, Director and Landscape Architect, Play Street., Hobart, TasmaniaMiriam is an award-winning Landscape Architect serving communities in Tasmania and Victoria, Australia. Her passions and practice align within community and school environments and include master planning and the design of nature based play spaces. She has a strong background in place-based design and enjoys the interaction that occurs working with a wide cross section of the community.Miriam’s strengths lie in connecting with clients and community, and delivering high quality, bespoke playgrounds which push the boundaries of playspace design.She believes that landscape plays a role beyond the usual perception of gardens and that is has the power to transform the way people interact with one another and their environment. To Miriam, landscape should provide pleasure to all who come across it.

Alaska Design Forum Presents: Miriam Shevland