Trido Magnetic Art Bloques de Construción by Artur Tikhonenko

Trido Magnetic Art Bloques de Construción by Artur Tikhonenko is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Prata in Deseño de Xoguetes, Xogos e Produtos de Lecer Competition Category.

PrataXoguete· 2023

Trido Magnetic Art Bloques de Construción

by Artur Tikhonenko

Client: Trido ltd

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Xoguete Category

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The Design

About Trido Magnetic Art Bloques de Construción

Trido é un conxunto de bloques de construción magnéticos para nenos e adultos. Os bloques baséanse na xeometría dos sólidos platónicos, empregando formas de tetraedro, medio tetraedro e octaedro. Un sistema magnético patentado permite que cada lado de cada forma se conecte sen repelerse, de xeito que as pezas se aliñan ao longo dos seus bordos. Os bloques están feitos de plástico ABS, e os imáns están encerrados nun niño interior. Pódense engadir pezas magnéticas de ollos para darlle unha cara a unha estrutura. Trido ofrécese en tres tamaños de conxunto e seis paletas de cores.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Trido Magnetic Art Bloques de Construción gañou o A' Design Award de Prata, un recoñecemento enormemente prestixioso outorgado a deseños de gama alta, fermosos e impresionantes. Os gañadores Prata son obras tremendamente brillantes e sumamente creativas que ilustran a pericia, o talento e a agudeza sobresaíntes dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Trido Magnetic Art Bloques de Construción sexa unha obra marabillosa, escaparate de oficio, notablemente profesional e profundamente innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Prata é unha invención moi notable e admirada que beneficia e fai avanzar os límites da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía. Trido Magnetic Art Bloques de Construción é unha creación moi envexada que esperta desexos, achega sentimentos positivos e prende asombro e marabilla.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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
Dimensions & Packaging: 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
Tags: Trido, art, toy, magnetic blocks, construction set, pyramidal, triangle geometry
Production 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.
Design 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.
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.
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.
Project Duration: 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.
Operation Flow: 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.
Patents: All Patents are granted and belong to Trido Ltd, UK:
Belarus, Korea, USA, China, Japan, Belgium , Austria, Switzerland /Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Luxembourg , Netherlands , Norway, Sweden.

All Trademarks are granted or under consideration and belong to Trido Ltd: United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland, Benelux (Belgium,Netherlands, Luxemburg), Belarus, Canada, China (Class 28), China, Germany, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway, Russia, Sweden, USA
Team Members: Artur Tikhonenko - inventor, creative director
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)