Glay Armoire intelligente by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin

Glay Armoire intelligente by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Fer in Produits pour Bébés Competition Category.

FerProduits pour Bébés· 2021

Glay Armoire intelligente

by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin

Client: Size M Design

A' Design Award de Fer Winner in Produits pour Bébés Category

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The Design

About Glay Armoire intelligente

Glay est une armoire intelligente conçue pour les enfants. Le meuble mesure 1500 mm de largeur, 600 mm de profondeur et 1200 mm de hauteur. L'une des portes est réalisée en papier électronique et fait office de tableau à dessin, de tableau à colorier et d'écran pour des jeux simples. La surface de la porte en bois est percée de trous permettant d'y insérer des blocs de construction, des lettres et des chiffres. Un cadre coulissant se déploie pour former une petite salle de jeu, et l'ensemble comprend une table ainsi que deux chaises à enfourcher. Les parents peuvent modifier les motifs de la porte via une connexion sans fil, afin que les enfants sachent quand l'heure du coucher approche, tout en gardant leurs vêtements bien rangés.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Fer

Glay Armoire intelligente est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Fer, une reconnaissance prestigieuse décernée à de bons designs qui répondent aux exigences professionnelles et industrielles attendues de créations bien conçues. Les lauréats Fer démontrent la grande compétence, la haute spécialisation, la compréhension experte et la capacité créative de leurs créateurs. Glay Armoire intelligente est censé être une création très estimée, admirée et chérie, pratique et innovante. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Fer intègre les meilleures pratiques de l'industrie et présente des caractéristiques techniques compétentes associées à un savoir-faire et à du talent. Glay Armoire intelligente est respecté pour sa rigueur et est conçu pour apporter des améliorations de la qualité de vie qui contribuent à faire du monde un monde meilleur.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This closet gives children imagination to create the atmosphere they want. They can transform the closet to play inside, can do coloring, and can arrange their clothes with it. It has also a frame for pulling out to be a secret play room, a table to write and two riding chairs.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 1500mm x Depth 600mm x Height 1200mm
Tags: Smartfurniture, maltyfunction, kidsfurniture, adesignaward, waronvirus, stayhome, marcoguariglia
Production Technology: The e door corroborated with E ink Cor. using e paper in the new area of kids furniture which is not often considered. It can be used as a drawing board, coloring board with bear patterns and shooting games. The wood surface of the door has holes for playing blocks, training logical thinking from 2D to 3D or practice numbers and the alphabet with it.
Design Challenge: Using e paper on the surface made this project big enough to need a team of engineers and carpentors to work with, challenging their abilities and overcoming their reluctance to deal with Glay, which became a learning experience for all involved.
Research: As a parent, the designer was focusing on how to introduce technology and digital things to children without missing the experience of real objects in their lives. He decided to use time as the topic on the digital door, to help children understand how fast the time passes by.
Inspiration: The designer showed his daughter a draft for a children's closet but she rejected it saying she wants a closet to play with as well as to keep her clothes tidy. While avoiding overuse of digitalization, Glay brings back the real touch and feel mechanics that naturally attract children's interests. By design the digital connects with the real life interaction.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2017 in Taipei and finished in April 2018 in Taipei, and was exhibited in Salone del Mobile in April 2018, Milan, Italy. At 2019, it was awarded by Good Design Award Chicago, U.S.A.
Operation Flow: Through blue tooth, parents can control the digital door color and patterns. The house work timer function could be arranged in the phone calendar as well. The designer wants to let kids know their sleep time is close by seeing the changing patterns on the door.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Marco Guariglia, 2018.
Team Members: Designer: Marco Guariglia
Creative Director: Jui Ju Lin
Wood Work: Joe Hsieh
Wood Work: Hao Jhe Li
Wood Work: Sheng Xun Zhan
Image Credits: Image #Main: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Taipei, 2020
Image #1: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Taipei, 2020
Image #2: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Taipei, 2020
Image #3: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Model: Jui-Ju Lin/ Yalex Guariglia, Taipei, 2020
Image #4: Photographer Marco Guariglia, Taipei, 2020