Glay Armari Intel·ligent by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin

Glay Armari Intel·ligent by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Ferro in Disseny de Productes per a Nadons, Nens i Infants Competition Category.

FerroProductes per a Nadons· 2021

Glay Armari Intel·ligent

by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin

Client: Size M Design

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Productes per a Nadons Category

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The Design

About Glay Armari Intel·ligent

Glay és un armari intel·ligent dissenyat per a infants. La unitat mesura 1500 mm d'amplada, 600 mm de profunditat i 1200 mm d'alçada. Una de les portes està feta amb paper electrònic i fa la funció de pissarra per dibuixar, tauler per acolorir i pantalla per a jocs senzills. La superfície de fusta de la porta té forats per encaixar blocs de construcció, lletres i números. Un marc es pot estirar cap enfora per formar una petita zona de joc, i s'inclouen una taula i dues cadires per muntar. Els pares poden canviar els patrons de la porta mitjançant una connexió sense fils, de manera que els infants poden veure quan s'apropa l'hora de dormir alhora que la roba es manté endreçada.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Glay Armari Intel·ligent és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro, un reconeixement prestigiós concedit a bons dissenys que compleixen els requisits professionals i industrials esperats de creacions ben dissenyades. Els guanyadors de Ferro demostren una gran habilitat, una alta especialització, una comprensió experta i la capacitat creativa dels seus creadors. Es preveu que Glay Armari Intel·ligent sigui una creació molt apreciada, admirada i estimada que és pràctica i innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro integra les millors pràctiques del sector i té característiques tècniques competents lligades al coneixement i al talent. Glay Armari Intel·ligent és respectat per la seva minuciositat i està pensat per oferir millores en la qualitat de vida que ajuden a fer del món un lloc millor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This closet gives children imagination to create the atmosphere they want. They can transform the closet to play inside, can do coloring, and can arrange their clothes with it. It has also a frame for pulling out to be a secret play room, a table to write and two riding chairs.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 1500mm x Depth 600mm x Height 1200mm
Tags: Smartfurniture, maltyfunction, kidsfurniture, adesignaward, waronvirus, stayhome, marcoguariglia
Production Technology: The e door corroborated with E ink Cor. using e paper in the new area of kids furniture which is not often considered. It can be used as a drawing board, coloring board with bear patterns and shooting games. The wood surface of the door has holes for playing blocks, training logical thinking from 2D to 3D or practice numbers and the alphabet with it.
Design Challenge: Using e paper on the surface made this project big enough to need a team of engineers and carpentors to work with, challenging their abilities and overcoming their reluctance to deal with Glay, which became a learning experience for all involved.
Research: As a parent, the designer was focusing on how to introduce technology and digital things to children without missing the experience of real objects in their lives. He decided to use time as the topic on the digital door, to help children understand how fast the time passes by.
Inspiration: The designer showed his daughter a draft for a children's closet but she rejected it saying she wants a closet to play with as well as to keep her clothes tidy. While avoiding overuse of digitalization, Glay brings back the real touch and feel mechanics that naturally attract children's interests. By design the digital connects with the real life interaction.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2017 in Taipei and finished in April 2018 in Taipei, and was exhibited in Salone del Mobile in April 2018, Milan, Italy. At 2019, it was awarded by Good Design Award Chicago, U.S.A.
Operation Flow: Through blue tooth, parents can control the digital door color and patterns. The house work timer function could be arranged in the phone calendar as well. The designer wants to let kids know their sleep time is close by seeing the changing patterns on the door.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Marco Guariglia, 2018.
Team Members: Designer: Marco Guariglia
Creative Director: Jui Ju Lin
Wood Work: Joe Hsieh
Wood Work: Hao Jhe Li
Wood Work: Sheng Xun Zhan
Image Credits: Image #Main: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Taipei, 2020
Image #1: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Taipei, 2020
Image #2: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Taipei, 2020
Image #3: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Model: Jui-Ju Lin/ Yalex Guariglia, Taipei, 2020
Image #4: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Taipei, 2020