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4N4 Design - Gla Gla Educational Puzzle by Ana Banic Gottlicher and Ivana Peko Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
Ana Banic Gottlicher and Ivana Peko honored for toys, games and hobby products design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ 4N4 Design - Gla Gla Educational Puzzle by Ana Banic Gottlicher and Ivana Peko, designed for 4N4 Design, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About 4N4 Design - Gla Gla Educational Puzzle
When creating a distinctly Croatian souvenir for the island of Krk designers came up with a puzzle teaching the players ancient Glagolitic scripture as it appears on the Baska stone tablet (dating back to 1100 AD). Puzzle pieces are made out of olive trees, grown on the island of Krk since ancient Greece. Gla Gla condenses thousands of years of culture into a game allowing the users to piece together bits of Croatian history from the island of Krk and recombine them into new stories and words in any language.
Award Record
This recognition makes Ana Banic Gottlicher and Ivana Peko a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design Award
The A' Toy Design Award is an international toy design competition recognizing good toy designs by best toy designers, manufacturers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to toy designers, game studios, industrial designers and hobby product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include dolls, action figures, board games, puzzles, plush toys and educational toys. The awarded toy designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/toy
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/109048
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/109048
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!109048
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/283259
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://4n4design.com/en/gla-gla-2/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- 4N4 Design - Gla Gla Educational Puzzle
- Function
- Educational Puzzle
- Category
- Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, White, Black, Dark Olive Green and Sienna
- Images
- 5
- Client
- 4N4 Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ana Banic Gottlicher and Ivana Peko
- Country
- Croatia
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #109048
Credits
- Team
- Ana Banic Gottlicher and Ivana Peko
- Image Credits
- Photographer: Ivana Peko, Gla Gla, 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Glagolitic alphabet is a script created in the middle of the 9th century, remaining in Croatian regions until the end of the 19th century, and is a significant feature of Croatian history and culture. Puzzle is a blend of the Christian symbolism of the olive tree and the Glagolitic script. Its 25 characters are linked to the Latin letters of the alphabet, designed for industrial production. Revive history, talk gla gla, educational puzzle for easy learning of the Old Slavic Glagolitic script.
- Inspiration
- The Tourist Board of the Croatian town of Krk awarded the Gla Gla label of the original town of Krk souvenir and is marked with the recognition A Gift From Krk. A Gift From Krk is a kind of representation of the town, showing a reflection of the continuity of its artistic, cultural and historical heritage, and at the same time, presenting its tangible, intangible and natural heritage.
- Research
- The characteristics of the olive tree as a very solid wood have been carefully selected for its durability, and its Christian symbolism connects the wooden puzzle with town of Krk and Island Krk heritage. The waterproof MDF was chosen for its exceptional durability, but also for the visual impression of fibrous wood.
- Challenge
- Learning Glagolitic script and designing typography for industrial production. Magnet connection.
- Realization and Technology
- Black MDF and olive tree boards are cut and milled on CNC machine. Boards are protected with linseed oil. MDF boards are connected together with magnetic plates.
- Operation and Interaction
- By opening the box, 25 Glagolitic letters cut from an olive tree are revealed, under which there are Latin letters for easier memory and connection of not only the form, but also the meaning. The outlines of the letters can be drawn on paper and thus form the first Glagolitic words.
- Project Duration and Location
- Project started in January 2020 and finished in March 2020 in Zagreb, and was exhibited in Zagreb Design Week in August 2020 in Croatia.
- Keywords
- Puzzle, Glagolitic script, olive tree, game
