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Artur Tikhonenko Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Trido Magnetic Art Building Blocks in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
Artur Tikhonenko acknowledged for toys, games and hobby products design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design category for Trido Magnetic Art Building Blocks by Artur Tikhonenko, designed for Trido ltd. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About Trido Magnetic Art Building Blocks
Trido is a set of magnetic building blocks for children and adults. The blocks are based on the geometry of Platonic solids, using tetrahedron, half tetrahedron and octahedron shapes. A patented magnetic system allows every side of every shape to connect without repelling, so the pieces align along their edges. The blocks are made of ABS plastic, and the magnets are enclosed inside an inner nest. Magnetic eye pieces can be added to give a structure a face. Trido is offered in three set sizes and six colour palettes.
About Artur Tikhonenko
Artur Tikhonenko was born in Belarus. He has an outstanding artistic talent since he was a child. He has a strong interest in painting and handmade. He was even more keen on street art, graffiti creation when he was a teenager. The unfettered creative experience provided him with the direction and accumulation for his professional art path. Artur entered the design faculty of Belarusian State University, systematically learned 3D modeling, sculpture and plaster casting, and did a lot of research on origami art, especially the Japanese origami flower ball kusudama. Artur was also abscessed with the modular origami system - building shapes with more or less modules.
Award Record
This recognition makes Artur Tikhonenko 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. The competition 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. Entries typically include dolls, action figures, board games, puzzles, plush toys and educational toys. Awarded toy designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/toy
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/150068
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/150068
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!150068
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/343322
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.trido.uk/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Trido Magnetic Art Building Blocks
- Function
- Building Blocks
- Category
- Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Chocolate, Teal, Dark Slate Gray, Medium Aquamarine and Sky Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Trido ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Artur Tikhonenko
- Country
- Great Britain
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #150068
Credits
- Team
- Artur Tikhonenko - inventor, creative director and Tatiana Ivachko - designer, brand manager
- Image Credits
- Images 1,2,3,4,5: photographer Artur Tikhonenko Video: created by Hape Holding China creative team. Copyrights belongs to Trido ltd. Image with a child: photographer Artur Tikhonenko, model Oscar Tikhonenko (model statement release is signed and attached)
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Trido is a set of magnetic building blocks, based on the geometry of Platonic solids: the shapes of tetrahedron and octahedron. Thanks to a unique ingenious magnet system, each side of each shape connects to each other aligning along the edges and with no repealing, which allows limitless construction possibilities. Trido has a harmoniously balanced palette in nuances and contrasts, while the expressive magnetic eyes can bring any structure to life. Trido is a distinctive inspirational tool
- Inspiration
- The inspiration came from the ideas of origami, abstract sculpture, and platonic solids geometry, while the patented magnetic system made these classic shapes function as a novelty tool. The tool for inspiration, play, learning, exploration, relaxation etc. The aim of the idea was to awaken the play instinct of children and adults and enables them easily create impressively artistic geometric three-dimensional structures. The color palette was designed to stand out and look modern.
- Research
- Artur Tikhonenko, the creator of Trido, was very interested in the sculpture and plaster casting and origami technology. He originally wanted to create magnetic biological shapes, but after making some prototypes, he came up with the idea of breaking through the biological series. After experimenting with different shapes, Artur found that only when tetrahedrons and octahedrons are combined in a specific way can they stick to each other without gaps.
- Challenge
- The most difficult part was to develop the magnetic inner system for different shapes. A lot of prototyping and testing were applied to find the right solution for the functional and appearance quality, along with the balance of technical issues of production.
- Realization and Technology
- Trido has a patented magnetic system, which gives strong connection between shapes without repealing. That unique system allows a limitless versatility for assembling, and also makes it very pleasant and simple to play with shapes, as the shapes aligne themselves alon the edges. The pieces are made of ABS plastic, while the magnets are safely hidden inside in a special inner "nest". Trido magnetic system is protected by the patents in the USA, European countries, China, Japan, Korea.
- Operation and Interaction
- Playing with Trido is pleasant and simple. You can play without instructions, it's even more interesting. The parts are very comfortable to hold in your hands, they are very well magnetized and neither side repels the other, so building is easy and fast. By attaching to any structure an eye shape, you will always get a funny character. Any design can be easily changed in a one-two steps, just turning, adding or removing a piece.
- Project Duration and Location
- The development of first prototypes started in the mid of 2017. In 2018: first Toy Fairs were visited: London Toy Fair and Nuremberg Toy Fair. In 2020: the first sales started in Europe and China. In 2022: The Red Dot Award "Best of the Best" was won.
- Specifications
- Trido is available in the sets of three sizes and each size is in six color palettes. Small set includes: 12 pieces (2 octahedrons, 4 tetrahedrons, 4 half tetrahedrons, 2 eyes). Medium set: 24 pieces (4 octa, 8 tetra, 8 half-tetra, 4 eyes). Large set: 36 pieces (6 octa, 12 tetra, 12 half-tetra, 6 eyes). Color palettes: Jungle, Flamingo, Laguna, Sky, Honey, Greyscale. Shapes size: Tetra 50mm x 40mm x 40mm, Octa 50mm x 50mm x 70mm, Half-Tetra 50mm x 40mm x 20mm, Eye diameter 28 mm
- Keywords
- Trido, art, toy, magnetic blocks, construction set, pyramidal, triangle geometry
