Elephant Weight Elefantvægt by Shanghai Art and Design Academy

Elephant Weight Elefantvægt by Shanghai Art and Design Academy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award i Jern in Legetøj, Spil og Hobbyprodukter Design Competition Category.

JernLegetøj· 2023

Elephant Weight Elefantvægt

by Shanghai Art and Design Academy

Client: Shanghai Art and Design Academy

A' Design Award i Jern Winner in Legetøj Category

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The Design

About Elephant Weight Elefantvægt

Elefantvægt er et matematisk læringslegetøj til børn over tre år. Designet er baseret på den traditionelle kinesiske fortælling Cao Chong Vejer Elefanten, hvor lige udskiftning bruges til at måle en stor genstand med mange små. Hver lille elefantvægt er mærket med sin masse, fra 5 gram til 100 gram. En genstand placeres i båden, synkeniveauet markeres, og der tilføjes vægte, indtil skroget vender tilbage til dette niveau. Børnene lægger de markerede værdier sammen for at lære om vægt og tal.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Jern

Elephant Weight Elefantvægt er vinder af A' Design Award i Jern, en prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles gode designs, som opfylder de professionelle og industrielle krav, man forventer af veldesignede skabelser. Jernvinderne viser stor dygtighed, høj specialisering, ekspertforståelse og kreativ kapacitet hos deres skabere. Elephant Weight Elefantvægt forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær skabelse, der er praktisk og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Jern, integrerer branchens bedste praksis og har kompetente tekniske egenskaber knyttet til knowhow og talent. Elephant Weight Elefantvægt respekteres for sin grundighed og er designet til at levere forbedringer af livskvaliteten, der er med til at gøre verden til et bedre sted.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: This is a math early education toy for children over 3 years old. It is developed from the "equivalent replacement" in the story of " Cao Chong Weighs the Elephant ". Each small elephant weight is marked with 5g, 10g, 20g, 30g, 40g, 50g and 100g according to the weight. Weigh according to the hull sinking,children can clearly feel the weight of different scales and enhance the sensitivity to weight and numbers, to strengthen children's careful observation of small objects around them.
Dimensions & Packaging: Wave body: 270 mm long × Width 150 mm × 130 mm high;
Hull: 254 mm long × 134 mm wide × Height 91 mm;
Flag pole: 10mm in diameter and 155mm in length;
Flag: 52 mm long × Height 36 mm
Tags: early education, toys, children, mathematics
Production Technology: CNC processing, painting, manual glue dropping
Design Challenge: 1. Spring size: Different sizes of springs have different support forces
2. Weights - Elephant: Mold making
Research: 1.Regarding the research on the progress of elementary school mathematics, generally speaking, starting from the third grade of primary school, the unit of mass learning is grams, kilograms, and tons.
2.Compression spring:
According to the force properties, springs can be divided into tension springs, compression springs, torsion springs, and bending springs. We choose a compression spring, which has a certain gap between the coils. When subjected to external loads, the spring contracts and deforms, storing deformation energy.
Inspiration: The traditional Chinese story "Cao Chong Weighs the Elephant" tells that Cao Chong used the method of "equal replacement" to replace the elephant with many stones, and made marks on the boat to make the elephant and the stone have the same effect. According to the weight of the stone, the weight of the elephant can be obtained. Solve this problem by transforming "big" into "small". We combine the " Equivalent Substitution " in the story with children's toys.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2022 and ended in March 2023 at Shanghai
Operation Flow: Step 1) Put any items you want to weigh；Step 2) Mark the sinking position of the ship with the anchor；Step 3) put in the elephant weights to make the hull return to the anchor position；Step 4) Calculate the weight of the object with the elephant weights.
Patents: Shanghai Art and Design Academy
Image Credits: Yuxuan Zhang
Nana Liao
Sha Yang