Superhero Llibre desplegable by Can Zhu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Ferro in Disseny d'Educació, Material Didàctic i Continguts Formatius Competition Category.

FerroEducació· 2022

Superhero Llibre desplegable

by Can Zhu

Client: Zhejiang University

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Educació Category

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The Design

About Superhero Llibre desplegable

Superheroi és un llibre desplegable dissenyat per ensenyar als infants sobre la Covid-19. El llibre explica una història en què les cèl·lules immunitàries actuen com a superherois i lluiten contra monstres que representen els virus. Les estructures desplegables de paper es combinen amb circuits electrònics prims, de manera que cada pàgina ofereix una resposta visual, tàctil i sonora. Els infants empenyen, estiren, giren, cliquen i sacsegen les peces de paper per seguir la història. El tall làser s'utilitza per fabricar les peces de paper, i cinta de coure connecta els sensors amagats. El llibre facilita la comprensió del coneixement científic abstracte.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Superhero Llibre desplegable 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 Superhero Llibre desplegable 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. Superhero Llibre desplegable 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: Superhero is a pop-up book for multi-sensory interactions, which is designed to publicize COVID-19-related knowledge among children. It tells how immune cells fight against viruses and protect our health through a vivid story about superheroes fighting monsters. A new form of combining pop-up paper books with electronic circuits was proposed to help children better understand abstract scientific knowledge through an audible, visual, touchable and interactive way.
Dimensions & Packaging: 260mm x 225mm x 50 mm
Tags: Education, Popular science, Childrenbook, Popupbook, Young children, COVID-19
Production Technology: Laser cutting is used for rapid production iterations of paper parts. The structure of paper to hide the thin electronic components (such as pressure sensor, photosensitive sensor, magnetic sensor, etc.). These electronic components are connected by copper tape.
Design Challenge: Paper structure stability，Circuit stability on paper
Research: The researchers conducted usability test on the first version of the product to verify the usability, interest and effectiveness of the book. Participants in the test are lower grade pupils. After completing the test, the researchers coded user behaviors based on interviews and video recordings, find out the participants’ attitudes towards the product, and sorted out the problems in this product. The researchers also collected feedback from participants’ parents and teachers through interviews. The test results verify the effectiveness and interest of the product and this new form. However, the test also found that the product has some problems in structural usability and image recognizability. Based on the feedback, the product has been iterated. Now, the new product has begun to be tried in schools and communities to obtain more user data. The new product are well-recognized by teachers and popular among young children.
Inspiration: Science popularization plays an important role in COVID-19 prevention and control. The virus can't be seen or touched, which makes it hard for teachers and parents to introduce virus-related knowledge to young children. The emergence of thin and light electronic components has enabled the realization of circuits on paper. In this context, more diverse forms of interaction can be applied to the traditional story books to add more fun and interactivity to the reading process.
Project Duration: This project was created in Ningbo, China from November, 2020. Now, it has been located in Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China since May, 2021.
Operation Flow: Each page of the book describes a scene of immune cells fighting the virus. Different paper structures and interaction methods were designed for each scene. Young children can feel the scene by pushing, pulling, rotating, clicking, shaking and other fine hand movements . And they can get visual, tactile, and auditory feedback that matches the story.
Team Members: Can Zhu
Leijing Zhou
Yue Wu
Qiuning Wu
Jiangping Zhou
Ge Yan