Poly Beat Funzione Primaria: Ghjocu d'Eserciziu di Ritmu by Haoye Dong, Kecheng Jin and Xueyan Cai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award di Ferru in Disignu di Ghjochetti Competition Category.
FerruGhjochetti· 2024
Poly Beat Funzione Primaria: Ghjocu d'Eserciziu di Ritmu
by Haoye Dong, Kecheng Jin and Xueyan Cai
Client: Zhejiang University
A' Design Award di Ferru Winner in Ghjochetti Category
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The Design
About Poly Beat Funzione Primaria: Ghjocu d'Eserciziu di Ritmu
Testu di u Libru: Poly Beat hè un ghjocu d'eserciziu di ritmu cuncepitu per i zitelli. I poligoni geumetrichi sò impiegati per rende visibile u ritmu musicale, aiutendu i zitelli à cumprende e note è i mudelli ritmichi. U ghjocu hè fattu di plasticu stampatu per iniezzione. I zitelli anfilanu i bloccu di note in dischi è pianu quattru dischi in una basa à culonna. Una camera in cima leghje i culori di i bloccu, è un buttone faci sunà u sonu ritmicu currispundente. Un secondu buttone cambia u sonu à tamburi, marimba, pianu o chitarra. L'assemblatura libera di i bloccu permette à i zitelli di creà i so propii ritmi.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award di Ferru
Poly Beat Funzione Primaria: Ghjocu d'Eserciziu di Ritmu hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru, una ricunniscenza prestigiosa attribuita à i boni disegni chì rispondenu à i requisiti prufessiunali è industriali aspettati da creazioni ben cuncipite. I vincitori di Ferru dimustranu una grande abilità, una alta specializazione, una cumpresa esperta è a capacità creativa di i so creatori. Si aspetta chì Poly Beat Funzione Primaria: Ghjocu d'Eserciziu di Ritmu sia una creazione assai apprezzata, ammirata è cara chì hè pratica è innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru integra e migliori pratiche di u settore è hà caratteristiche tecniche cumpetenti ligate à u sapè fà è à u talentu. Poly Beat Funzione Primaria: Ghjocu d'Eserciziu di Ritmu hè rispettatu per a so meticulosità è hè cuncipitu per furnisce miglioramenti di a qualità di a vita chì aiutanu à fà di u mondu un locu megliu.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- PolyBeat is designed for children, aiming to help them learn music theory through a fun and interactive way. Geometric polygons have a strong correlation with music rhythm, which can visualize the sound of rhythm, help children understand the relationship between music genres and drum rhythm patterns, and figure out the rhythm pattern.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The dimension of the product is 140mm*140mm*280mm, and the dimensions of each disc are 130mm*130mm*18mm
- Tags
- Music Interaction Tool, Multi-sensory, Children, Visualization, Rhythm Learning
- Production Technology
- The product is made of injection-moulded plastic and uses a camera on the top to identify the colour of the blocks that the child is building, so that the corresponding music can be played.
- Design Challenge
- PolyBeat offers children with a new multi-sensory way to learn rhythm and provides an easy-to-use tool for children to create music . However, the musical score also includes pitches and more complex advanced beats. We did not evaluate whether PolyBeat can have a long-term impact on children’s learning and interests. We will conduct a long-term follow-up study to further evaluate the practical effects of PolyBeat in music education. In the future, we could consider how to better integrate PolyBeat into real-world scenarios, such as home and school, to expand the possibilities of multi-player collaboration.
- Research
- Orff Schulwerk teaching method encourages that children should feel and express music with whole heart and improvisation. But understanding the abstract concept of musical notes is still very difficult. We propose PolyBeat, a toy that provides interactive rhythm practice and creation for children. The tool visualizes the abstract notes in a multi-sensory way to develop children’s musicality with a more interesting, gamified learning procedure. We designed 8 types of tangible blocks which can be stacked like a rainbow tower to represent basic notes, distinguished with different colors and block sizes. Children can play in two modes: a) learning mode and b) creation mode. We conducted a user study to evaluate children’s rhythmic control. The results show that PolyBeat significantly stimulated children’s interest in playing music, thus improving the efficiency of children’s rhythmic education and creativity in music.
- Inspiration
- For preschool children, they can try simple clapping and tapping exercises based on music. However, the current music education system requires learners to repeat the exercises many times, which is boring and tedious for them. Building blocks are always a favourite type of toy for children, so we wanted children to be able to learn and create music through the use of building blocks.
- Project Duration
- The project started in April 2023 in Zhejiang, China and finished in August 2023 in Zhejiang, China
- Operation Flow
- Children can assemble the blocks freely to create their own rhythms. The child inserts each music note block into the disc, and then puts the disc into the column base. After 4 discs are put into the column base, the child can press the "Play Music" button to play the corresponding rhythmic sound. When the child presses the "Switch Instrument" button, the rhythmic sound can be switched to different instruments, including drums, marimba, piano, guitar, and so on.
- Team Members
- Leijing Zhou
Haoye Dong
Kecheng Jin
Xueyan Cai
Shichao Huang
Zhengke Li
Xin An
Shang Shi
Xiaolong Li
Yuqi Hu
Cheng Yao - Image Credits
- Haoye Dong
Kecheng Jin
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