Tri Xoguete de Construción by Lili Gendelman

Tri Xoguete de Construción by Lili Gendelman is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award de Prata in Deseño de Xoguetes, Xogos e Produtos de Lecer Competition Category.

PrataXoguete· 2025

Tri Xoguete de Construción

by Lili Gendelman

Client: Tri, play without boundaries!

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Xoguete Category

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The Design

About Tri Xoguete de Construción

Tri é un xoguete de construción de madeira que ofrece a posibilidade de crear formas ilimitadas. Combina a tradición dos xoguetes de madeira co diseño contemporáneo. A carpintaría clásica únese aos materiais, tecnoloxías e técnicas sustentables de hoxe. É tanto un xogo creativo, feito para divertir, como un obxecto de diseño creado para inspirar aos amantes da arte. Tri estimula a imaxinación, as habilidades motoras, a toma de decisións e a concentración. Explora a xeometría, o equilibrio e a composición espacial. Cada peza está rematada a man con aceites naturais non tóxicos, proporcionando un efecto suave que realza a veta natural da madeira.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Tri Xoguete 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 Tri Xoguete 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. Tri Xoguete 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: Tri is a wooden construction game, which differs from typical block games, as it responds to different geometries, achieving countless abstract structures.
Tri is not just a game, it is also a design object, which encourages its users to feel like artists by creating their own decorative figures.
Tri was made with sustainability in mind. From its pieces to its packaging, designed by curving and engraving the wood with the necessary information, as well as a QR code so printing the instructions is not necessary.
Dimensions & Packaging: Weight: 0,9 kilograms
Dimensions: 260 lenght, 100 height, 110 width millimeters.
Recommended age: More than 3 years old.
Tags: Toy design, construction toy, wooden toy, sustainable toy, educational game, artistic play, concentration, open-ended toy, sustainable design, wooden design, sustainable gift.
Production Technology: Pieces Core Material: Plywood;
Pieces Production technology: CNC Laser Cut;
Pieces Termination Material: Non-toxic natural oils and waxes;
Termination Material Production Methodology: Sanded and painted by hand.
Packaging Core Material: Plywood;
Packaging Production technology: CNC Laser Cut and Engraving. Using Kerf Cut technique, to achieve the curvature of the wood without compromising its strength and durability.
Packaging Termination Material: Non-toxic natural oils and waxes;
Termination Material Production Methodology: Sanded, painted and assembled by hand.
Design Challenge: Creative challenges involve multiple aspects. The creation of an environmentally friendly product. The materiality needs to respond to this premise, in addition to react correctly to the mechanical demands of the game, depending on the players, their skills and strength. As well, discovering the perfect relationship between the thickness of the available wood, and the size of the pieces. Extensive research was executed in the packaging design, followed by numerous Kerfing method tests, cutting various patterns, to achieve the necessary wood's bending point, avoiding its breakage.
Research: Qualitative - Experimental
Is Tri an entertaining game? Develops concentration and other skills? Is it possible to get people away from plastic and screens, returning to the tradition of wooden games with innovative design and technology?
Participatory - Experimental Design
Observation - Tests.
Focus group - Materials test
Target audience -
Tri has no rules. Through free play, the dynamic construction lets the player decide how the construction will be executed. Developing a creative identity expression through playing.
Tri, a sustainable game that promotes moving away from screens and plastic.
Inspiration: Inspiration comes from a glance to the past. Reviving tradition with innovative design and technology, returning to sustainable wooden toys, with assembling pieces and a distinct geometric logic.
Also inspired in wood, promoting the use of eco-friendly materials, made to last.
An educational game of concentration and creativity that encourages people of all ages to build unconventional shapes, in a new open-ended way of playing, stimulating artistic development and most importantly, having fun.
Project Duration: The idea of Tri began several years ago, but it became reality in February 2022, when the first Tri prototype was made, a sustainable product, including its packaging. Commercialization in Chile began in May 2022.
In September 2022 it was one of the 4 brands selected to represent Chile at the Autumnfair, Birmingham, UK. Where it also participated in the Power of One sustainable products exhibition.
In October 2022, it began to be sold in Barcelona, from where it is marketed to the rest of Europe.
Operation Flow: Tri challenges players to have fun, think and create with an easy connection of wooden pieces. Decision making regarding position and color, and reinforce understanding of three-dimensional space, geometry, and balance.
With Tri the users can achieve endless configurations, just like imagination. While the pieces have specific connection points [three per piece], they can be joined in any position, allowing players to disregard the one and only rule of the game and give place to free play.
Patents: Patents:
INAPI. N° 1504492. Empresa De Diseño Y Desarrollo Inmobiliario CNC Objects Spa. 2022. Chile.
OMPI. N° 1736866. Empresa De Diseño Y Desarrollo Inmobiliario CNC Objects Spa. 2023. Europe and Japan.
Copyright belong to Tri Juega Sin Límites, 2022.
Trademarks belongs to Tri®, 2022. All Rights Reserved.
Team Members: Lilian Gendelman (CEO, Design Director)
Amanda Boetsch (Product Design, Material Investigation)
Lucas Kaufman (Product Design, Content Creation)
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Aryeh Kornfeld, Tri 60, 2025.
Image #2: Photographer Aryeh Kornfeld, Connecting, 2025.
Image #3: Photographer Aryeh Kornfeld, Art lovers, 2025.
Image #4: Photographer Aryeh Kornfeld, Tri playing, 2025.
Image #5: Photographer Aryeh Kornfeld, Tri design object, 2025.
Video Credits: Photographer Aryeh Kornfeld / Production Meids SpA, Tri presentation, 2025.
Copyrights belong to Tri®, 2022. All Rights Reserved.