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A Day to Swim
Is it an idea whose time has come? On June 8, I received an email from my friend Dave Penton announcing that he was setting up Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts for something called International Swim Day. "The first day of summer this year is
Landscape Structures Offers Water-Play Platforms
Landscape Structures (Eden Prairie, MN) has added HydraHub2 to its Aquatix line of interactive play…
2019/5.1, May 1 — Instructive Waters, Natural Upgrade, Client Dynamics and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS May 1, 2019 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
Water Odyssey Offers Water Coils Play System
Water Odyssey (San Marcos, TX) has added Water Coils to its range of inclusive waterplay…
Water Odyssey Launches Aqua Spouts for Kids
Water Odyssey (San Marcos, TX) manufactures Aqua Spouts, a line of themed waterplay features created…
Shared Vision
As I've gotten better at what I do as a watershaper, I've found that lots of the maturing has been related to getting really good at listening to my clients. Once I figured out how to attune myself to their visions and voices and set aside my ego (however temporary that might be), I found that my designs crackled with new energy I was borrowing from people who wanted my help in expressing themselves. That's the artistic, inspired side of watershaping, of course, and as my listening skills grew and my projects took on new and sometimes
Valued and Valuable
I'm developing a new appreciation for wise watershapers who brief their clients about a swimming pool's longer-term lifecycle. Whether it comes as part of their presentations or gets included in final orientation meetings, I see this practice as being important to
Goric Launches a Water-Play System
Goric Marketing Group USA (Belmont, MA) offers the Newtown Water Play System, a structure made…
Inter-Fab Offers River Run Landscape Slides
Inter-Fab (Tucson, AZ) has launched a series of six pre-designed landscape slides that are easy…
The Best Medicine
‘At nearly five months and counting, it’s clear that many of us are still trying to sort out, understand and learn to live with the events of September 11, 2001 – and I suspect that, on some levels, we will be doing so for months or even years to come.’ That’s how Brian Van Bower began his column in the February 2002 issue of WaterShapes – an essay in which he defined a transcendent role for watershapes and conveyed a message about