Editors: gestalten & Benevento
Features: Full color, hard cover, stitch bound, 240 pages
Format: 30 × 27 cm, 11 ¾ × 10 ½ inches
Price: € 44 (D)  £ 40  $ 65 (US)
ISBN: 978-3-96704-041-8

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EU + UK PUBLICATION DATE: July 28, 2022
INT PUBLICATION DATE: September 20, 2022
EMBARGO DATE TO USE IMAGERY AND PRESS AND RELEASE: July 05, 2022
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Created in collaboration with Red Bull, Urban Playgrounds explores some of the world’s most thrilling places for urban sports, with musings from star athletes, including Letícia Bufoni, Fabio Wibmer, Danny MacAskill, and Dominic Di Tommaso, on what makes a spot unique, and insights  from academics and architects on the marriage between space and recreation. 

Follow athletes as they skate Oscar Niemeyer's iconic creations in Brasília, the streets of Paris, or as they dash over the rooftops of Istanbul's infamous Grand Bazaar. Take a virtual leap from London's brutalist Southbank to the streets of Lagos, and from a dense Colombian comuna to the sleek surfaces of Dubai. Be it freestyling on a skateboard, riding a BMX, or stretching the human body in parkour, athletes unlock the endless possibilities of the urban landscape. Envision the city as an infinite playground! 

ABOUT gestalten
gestalten is an international publishing house collaborating and engaging with the world’s most interesting creatives to document and anticipate vital movements in architecture and interiors, design and fashion, escape and mobility, travel, food, and beverage, as well as visual culture. 

Exploring creativity in every form, gestalten is known and loved by millions around the globe for its unique lens across print and digital mediums. gestalten also publishes illustrated books for children through its imprint Little gestalten.