Blocs Intummy Edukatyf Learboartersguod by Nien Tzu, Yu Ling, Wei Jia and Chia Yi

Blocs Intummy Edukatyf Learboartersguod by Nien Tzu, Yu Ling, Wei Jia and Chia Yi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award yn Izer in Boartersguod, Spultsjes en Hobbyprodukten Ûntwerp Competition Category.

IzerBoartersguod· 2022

Blocs Intummy Edukatyf Learboartersguod

by Nien Tzu, Yu Ling, Wei Jia and Chia Yi

Client: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Deparment

A' Design Award yn Izer Winner in Boartersguod Category

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The Design

About Blocs Intummy Edukatyf Learboartersguod

Blocs in tummy is makke om it konsept oer te bringen dat elkenien tagong hat ta feilich en adekwaat iten. It haaddoel is om foarskoalske bern op te learen oer honger, en learje te dielen en har bewustwêzen oer itentekoart te fergrutsjen. Geometryske fiedingsblokken kinne wurde dield ûnder bern om te foljen yn 'e lege mage fan' e poppen, liede troch in yllustraasjeferhaalboek, om de kennis fan iten te dielen en iten te koesterjen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Izer

Blocs Intummy Edukatyf Learboartersguod is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Izer, in prestisjeuze erkenning foar goede ûntwerpen dy't foldogge oan de profesjonele en yndustriële easken dy't ferwachte wurde fan goed ûntwurpen skeppings. Izerwinners litte grutte feardigens, hege spesjalisaasje, deskundich begryp en kreatyf fermogen fan har makkers sjen. Fan Blocs Intummy Edukatyf Learboartersguod wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierbere skepping is dy't praktysk en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Izer yntegrearret de bêste praktiken fan de sektor en hat feardige technyske skaaimerken ferbûn mei kennis en talint. Blocs Intummy Edukatyf Learboartersguod wurdt respektearre foar syn yngeandens en is ûntwurpen om ferbetteringen fan de kwaliteit fan it libben te leverjen dy't helpe de wrâld ta in bettere plak te meitsjen.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Blocs in tummy was created to convey the concept that everyone has access to safe and adequate food which conform to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals SDGs no.2, zero hunger. The main purpose is to educate preschool children about hunger, and learn to share and increase their awareness on food shortage. It is hoped that preschool children can be inspired by playing with this innovative set of educational toys . Geometrical food blocks can be share among children to fill into the dolls with empty stomach, guided by an illustration story book, to enhance the cognition of food sharing and food cherish.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimension:Each doll Height270mm x Width190mm x Thickness65mm
Tags: Children's educational toys, human rights, hunger, independent sharing, balanced diet
Production Technology: Material: wood, cotton fabric, cotton
Production technology: hand-sewn, hand-cutting
Surface coating: natural wood wax oil on the paint surface
Design Challenge: To integrate the profound issues into the language of design, and to seek guidance from the early childhood education profession and tailor, to understand information on pre-primary education and commercial safety products, and to make a set of children's teaching toys which break through traditional education and have long-range planning.
Research: Research type: How to transform abstract concepts into design language, early childhood education, cognitive psychology, heuristic education.
Research goal: Inspire awareness of hunger, learn to share and increase knowledge of food.
Research methods: type analysis, material analysis, toy type and size analysis, color analysis, cognitive psychology, children psychology, children’s picture book presentation, early childhood education learning goals.
Data collection: 3-6 year old children's toy market survey, children's toy analysis, children's cognitive development, toy safety regulations data.
Research tools: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe photoshop
Inspiration: According to the SDGs no.2 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the elimination of hunger, everyone has the right to have safe and adequate food, but observations show that there is still a problem of uneven distribution of food and insufficient nutrition in society.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2021 and was completed in Tainan, Taiwan in March 2022. First debut in Young Designer Exhibition (Yodex) June 2022 in Taipei World Trade Center NanGang Exhibition Hall.
Operation Flow: This is an educational toy with dolls and building blocks as the starting point. Through observation and assembly, from knowing different food dolls to increasing knowledge of food, and with the guidance and correspondence of story and picture books, children can play in the context; in the process of hunger, children can feel the importance of balanced nutrition and learn to share on their own.
Team Members: Instructor: ChungSheng Chen
Designer: NienTzu Chang
Designer: YuLing Tsai
Designer: WeiJia Gong
Designer: ChiaYi Hung
Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department
Image Credits: NienTzu Chang
YuLing Tsai
WeiJia Gong
ChiaYi Hung