PLAYCE: Palestinian Games on the Go

Designers: Mai Al Zeer, Majd Abu Madi, Mustafa Butma,
Artisan: Issa Nassar

PLAYCE is a Palestinian brand that designs and crafts games on the go, sitting between PLAY and PLACE. PLAY is the curiosity and adventure that happen through play, transforming Palestinian craftsmanship and cultural heritage into active, everyday experiences. PLACE is Palestine; the place we belong to and the place we carry with us wherever we go. Designed and crafted by Palestinians, each game is inspired by a Palestinian landscape, memory, or narrative, carrying a story to tell. PLAYCE ON THE GO means the games are made to travel. They are lightweight, compact, and designed to be played wherever the journey takes you.

That is what makes PLAYCE both a piece of Palestine and a companion on the go. 

OPEN THE BOX | First Collection

OPEN THE BOX is PLAYCE’s first collection: three familiar games reimagined as compact olive-wood objects made for play on the go.
Each game begins with a recognizable format and reinterprets it through a Palestinian place, memory, or cultural reference. The result is contemporary in use and form, yet rooted in Palestine.

Together, the three games explore the relationship between movement and rootedness through portable forms of play and place that can be carried, shared, and reimagined.