Press Release
My Travel Guide MUNICH Travel Guide for Kids by B a r b a r a Schneider Wins the A' Design Award in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
B a r b a r a Schneider acknowledged for toys, games and hobby products design by the international grand jury of the 2010 - 2011 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, May 31, 2011 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design category for My Travel Guide MUNICH Travel Guide for Kids by B a r b a r a Schneider. The result belongs to the 2010 - 2011 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About My Travel Guide MUNICH Travel Guide for Kids
My Travel Guides are inspired by our world cultures.The toys present a selection of main characteristics of one or more cultures.The main idea is a practical, comfortable and easy to handle soft cloth design for babies-toddlers.The narrative toys force creativity, memory and the ability to recognize things. Kids enjoy to play and to tell stories about their own and foreign cultures and trips they made. The project started in 2004: My Travel Guide Korea and product variations (concept) were designed.The cubes Munich and the picture book Korea were displayed in international art exhibits.
Award Record
With this recognition, B a r b a r a Schneider is 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/22495
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/22495
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!22495
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/105955
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- My Travel Guide MUNICH Travel Guide for Kids
- Function
- Travel Guide for Kids
- Category
- Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Olive Drab, Sky Blue, Teal, Dark Sea Green and Olive
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- B a r b a r a Schneider
- Country
- Germany
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2010 - 2011
- Design ID
- #22495
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Description 1. Practical usage of MY TRAVEL GUIDE ( Munich / Korea) application and utility target group : international children ( and their adults ( parents , friends ) ) ; MINI travelers : babies- toddlers. 2. Kids usage / application everywhere : at home , while doing a trip, in museums, outside in travel vehicles – like a plane , a bus, a baby- carriage, a car … at a restaurant . 3.Character/ material ( soft cloth book and games made of fabric ) : It is a soft comfortable, washable hygienic, light and therefore it is very practical, easy and comfortable to handle for kids and parents. Comparing it with paper books it cannot hurt and cannot easily be destroyed.
- Inspiration
- Source of inspiration for MY ( first) TRAVEL GUIDES are our ( beautiful) world cultures , like Munich and Korea . The TOY ( book/ cubes / memory / domino ) should always present a selection of main characteristic cultural elements of OUR WORLD CULTUREs and the specific culture , country or city , for example : nature : animals like typical vegetation ; monuments / architecture/arts like sculptures, paintings, churches, town halls , towers ; typical products/ traditions ( traditional and modern ones ) like ceramics, handy craft , new technology, toys, festivals ,events; typical/traditions/ dishes ; costumes like traditional costumes and/ or historical ones and/ or those for specific events .
- Research
- General Research : certainly- our worldcultures and traditions ,literature , architecture/ arts , own experiences , travel, childhood studies , children toys and literature , " observation" of tourists using travel guides , souvenirs ,babies- toddlers reading picture books ( baby carriage) . Design Tools : handmade illustrations ( e.g. colored pencils, tempera) , Corel Draw , digital transfer printing , sewing
- Challenge
- Achieving good quality design / TOY / ART 4 KIDS .
- Realization and Technology
- Art – Design - Production : Art 4 kids / Artd ( artdesign) 4 kids : The samples / artworks “ My Travel Guide Munich” and My Travel Guide Korea” or you may call it the "mockups" /prototypes(toys) for re- production are produced by using the simple transfer print like it is used for T- Shirts ( digital transfer prints , handmade).(Re-) Production Method : The production method depends on the choice of product ( book , cube , memory , domino, etc. ) and on the size and kind of material used for the realization. 1. Printing : a) digital transfer print and / or screen printing / inkjet printing ; b) healthy and eco- friendly colors and materials are mandatory .2.
- Operation and Interaction
- forcing creativity, new individual experiences with foreign cultures and new objects pictures and toys , narrative toys , provoking to tell stories and to communicate asking questions , memory ( toy - reality ) and fantasy ( stories) , recognition ( reality - toy) , using toys and picture books ( toys) for their first studies and having fun to play like adults and/ or tourists , interaction with toys , the environment and persons
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2004 by realizing " My Travel Guide Korea" ( soft cloth book) and the main concept incl. some product variations . In 2005, “My Travel Guide Korea “ was displayed in Lithuania , Kaunas : “ Textile O5“. The idea was continued by the realization of " My Travel Guide (Cubes) Munich "( 2 blocks) . The 2 blocks were first displayed in 2007 , " Small Works ", in the Olive Hyde Art Gallery , in USA , Fremont (CA) ; then in the following exhibition in 2008 , “ The Art of the Book “ at the Pacific Festival of the Book , in VAC , Canada , Victoria .
- Specifications
- " My Travel Guide MUNICH " : Cubes : 2 blocks ; Size : 10x10x10cm ; Material / Technique : 1.100% cotton , 2.Filling material : washable, hygienic , odourless , 3.Digital transfer prints ; 12 Illustrations : technique : coloured pencil ; Size ( originals) : 15x15cm
- Keywords
- toy , blocks, culture, joy ,fun, soft cloth book , travel , my travel guide , reading , illustrations , memory , domino, children, toddlers, art 4 kids
