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Nomi Mahjong Game by Nio Life

Nomi Mahjong Game by Nio Life is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Bronze A' Design Award in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design Competition Category.


BronzeToy· 2022

Nomi Mahjong Game

by Nio Life

Client: NIO Life

Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Toy Category

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The Design

About Nomi Mahjong Game

Nomi Mahjong is a mahjong set created for the traditional Chinese table game. The tiles use a black base with blue details, drawn from the Nio brand color scheme, to create a high contrast appearance. Figures of the Nomi intelligent assistant appear in several forms on the tiles. The one dot tile takes the shape of Nomi, and the bamboo tiles are based on the letter I in the name Nomi. The tiles are made of high grammage melamine, the dice of alloy and the chips of clay. The portable storage box has a sliding lid for quick storage.

The Recognition

About the Bronze A' Design Award

Nomi Mahjong Game is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Nomi Mahjong Game is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Nomi Mahjong Game splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
With a geeky black color base, NOMI mahjong redesigned the traditional mahjong tiles to appear affable and high-tech-ish. Combining the traditional Chinese table game with NOMI, which is the warmest AI tide brand in th human world, gives the traditional national treasure mahjong a distinctive technological fashion.
Dimensions & Packaging
345*175*84mm
Production Technology
Mahjong material: high GSM Melamine
Dice material: alloy
Chips: clay
Design Challenge
It’s challenging to fit in with the NIO design philosophy. Therefore, through combining the sense of technological intelligence and affinity, the design aims to enhance brand recognition and meet the needs of target consumers.
Research
In China, Mahjong is a popular traditional table game. This innovative model of Mahjong card pattern integrates a NOMI intelligent AI assistant and the color of NIO automobile. 1 Dot is in the shape of NOMI, and Bamboo tiles are evolved from the the letter I in NOMI.
Inspiration
Inspired by the NIO intelligent assistant NOMI and the NIO brand color scheme, the design incorporates NOMI of various forms into the tiles. The blue color scheme derives from NIO brand color, providing a high contrast visual effect and creating a tech atmosphere through the contrasting color of black and blue.
Project Duration
Opening of the project in 2019/6, first light offering in 2021/5.
Operation Flow
The storage box is portable and can quickly store mahjong tiles because of its sliding lid design.
Team Members
NIO Life

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