Talk to kids. Ask them what they like in a room. Encourage them to draw pictures of their dream classroom if they had a million dollar budget. Visit places where kids love to go, such as indoor playlands, Chuck E. Cheese restaurants , and video arcades. While primary colors are great for preschool kids, you'll see neon colors for older kids.
Shapes are squiggly and wacky.
And designs are larger than life. Allow your field research to inform the next step in the process. The following are great sites to discover visuals that appeal to today's kids. FAO Schwarz Dream big . Now, it's your turn to dream as though the sky's the limit.