Elephant Weight Elevandi Kaal by Shanghai Art and Design Academy

Elephant Weight Elevandi Kaal by Shanghai Art and Design Academy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Rauaauhind A' Design Award in Mänguasjade, mängude ja hobiesemete disain Competition Category.

RaudMänguasi· 2023

Elephant Weight Elevandi Kaal

by Shanghai Art and Design Academy

Client: Shanghai Art and Design Academy

Rauaauhind A' Design Award Winner in Mänguasi Category

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The Design

About Elephant Weight Elevandi Kaal

Raamatu tekst: Elevandi Kaal on matemaatika varajase õppimise mänguasi üle kolmeaastastele lastele. Disain põhineb traditsioonilisel Hiina lool Cao Chong kaalub elevanti, kus võrdväärse asendamise põhimõtet kasutatakse suure eseme mõõtmiseks paljude väikeste esemete abil. Igale väikesele elevandikujulisele raskusele on märgitud selle mass, alates 5 grammist kuni 100 grammini. Ese asetatakse paati, vajumise tase märgistatakse ning raskusi lisatakse seni, kuni paadikere naaseb sellele tasemele. Lapsed liidavad märgitud väärtused kokku, õppides sel viisil kaalu ja numbrite kohta.

The Recognition

About the Rauaauhind A' Design Award

Elephant Weight Elevandi Kaal on Rauaauhinna A' Design Award võitja, prestiižikas tunnustus, mis antakse headele disainidele, mis vastavad professionaalsetele ja tööstuslikele nõuetele, mida oodatakse hästi disainitud töödelt. Raudvõitjad näitavad oma loojate suurt oskust, kõrget spetsialiseerumist, asjatundlikku mõistmist ja loomingulist võimekust. Elephant Weight Elevandi Kaal peaks olema kõrgelt hinnatud, imetletud ja armastatud looming, mis on praktiline ja uuenduslik. See Rauaauhinna A' Design Award võidudisain ühendab tööstuse parimaid tavasid ning tal on pädevad tehnilised omadused, mis on seotud oskusteabe ja andega. Elephant Weight Elevandi Kaal on austatud oma põhjalikkuse eest ning on loodud pakkuma elukvaliteedi parandusi, mis aitavad teha maailma paremaks paigaks.

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