The Curious Gastronaut Ñemboʼy Kuaakuaáva by Nalisha Chouraria is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Fiero in Mba'e Ñembosarái Jejapo Competition Category.
FieroMba'e Ñembosarái· 2020
The Curious Gastronaut Ñemboʼy Kuaakuaáva
Client: Nalisha Chouraria
A' Design Award Fiero Winner in Mba'e Ñembosarái Category
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The Design
About The Curious Gastronaut Ñemboʼy Kuaakuaáva
The Curious Gastronaut ha'e peteĩ tarjeta ñembosarái omomaiteíva mitãnguéra ha family-kuérape ohesaʼỹijo hag̃ua tembiʼu ojegueroja rupive. Ojehecha rupive umi tarjeta hesãi porãva ipype, umi ñemboʼy hína ombyaty tembiʼurã, omoĩ oñondive ha ojapo mbaʼepu michĩmi ojeʼu hag̃uáva, omboheraite ha ohesaʼỹijo umi cinco sentido rupive. Upe rire, umi receta ha mbaʼe oikóva ojehecha porã ha ojehai. Ko ñembosarái ojeporu kuaa tembiʼu añetehápe térã ñeimoʼã reípe añónte, tapiaite, oñondivepa térã ojoavy hag̃ua. Ndaipóri tembiʼu héra ojeʼéva, upéicha rupi umi ñemboʼy ojapo ijehegui ipahague guive. Peteĩ caja michĩmi ojehecháva iporãha po michĩvape g̃uarã ha jeguata ára g̃uarã avei.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Fiero
The Curious Gastronaut Ñemboʼy Kuaakuaáva ohupyty A' Design Award Fiero, peteĩ ñehechakuaa prestigioso oñeme'ẽva diseño iporã-pe ohupytýva requisito profesional ha industrial oñeha'ãrõva creación iporã oñemoĩva-gui. Umi ganador Fiero ohechauka habilidad guasu, especialización yvate, comprensión experta ha capacidad creativa umi creador rehegua. Oñeha'ãrõ The Curious Gastronaut Ñemboʼy Kuaakuaáva ha'eha creación ojehayhúva, admirada ha estimada, práctica ha innovadora. Ko diseño ohupytýva A' Design Award Fiero ombojoaju mejor práctica industria rehegua ha oguereko característica técnica competente ojoajúva conocimiento ha talento ndive. The Curious Gastronaut Ñemboʼy Kuaakuaáva oñerespeta hembiapo cuidadoso rupi ha oñemoĩ ome'ẽ hag̃ua mejora calidad de vida rehegua oipytyvõva yvy ape iporãve hag̃ua.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Explore the exciting world of food using the imagination, bite-size edible experiments & all 5 senses. Play with real food or without, the goal is to discover flavours, textures & combos that are out of this world! It inspires children & our inner child to be brave & curious, reinvents how families eat & encourages playful exploration beyond the game. Uniquely, it makes no mention of food items, & encourages players to reimagine food & experiment from ground up rather than from existing recipes
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Packaging (Box with a slip on lid): 120 x 170 x 50mm, 55x Ingredient Cards: 96mm, 4x Book of Curious Recipes (12 pages): 110 x 160mm, 1x Gameplay Handbook (12 pages): 110 x 160mm, 1x Gastronaut's Guide Card (double-sided): 85 x 120mm
- Tags
- Children's Design, Play, Kids, Imagination, Creative, Game, Interactive, Food, Family, Education
- Production Technology
- The game manifested into a physical card game perfect for collaborative play with potential for digitisation. It infuses play with dining in a natural way without becoming a distraction. It is portable and perfectly sized for little hands. The prompts are whimsical & humorous, the visuals - gender neutral & simplistic but not childish, with the intention to stimulate the imagination and trigger joy & curiosity. It's open-endedness allows for multi use, endless interpretations & high playability
- Design Challenge
- The project required all-round skills in design, illustration, writing and knowledge in play, child culture, food education, etc which I was able to build and improve through research and playtesting. Inspiring ongoing exploration while also motivating busy adults to play were additional challenges, which I overcame by introducing features like unlocking and journey maps, and by simplifying the gameplay into short, simple sessions.
- Research
- Using exploratory research, the objective was to foster healthy food relationships in children, through play. Methodologies include surveys & secondary source research. Data collected informed research tools, namely participatory experiments (observed workshops & self-reported trials). The results indicate that gamifying food is beneficial. Insight into the transformative nature of play suggests that it warrants further research. The effect overall is a whimsical food-exploration game
- Inspiration
- Kids can be suspicious of new food & often categorize it as 'yuck' even before trying it. Many foods remain unexplored & mealtimes are reduced to mundane chores. Kids use curiosity & play to explore the world so why not use it to explore the food world? The game is a culmination of my passion for food & specialisation in Children's Design. By bringing the benefits of play to the table, I wanted to inspire kids to be curious & take the first bite to possibly be rewarded with a surprising discovery
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2015 in Gothenburg, Sweden and finished in January 2020 in Gold Coast, Australia. It was exhibited at HDK Academy for Design & Art in 2015 and was awarded best thesis project
- Operation Flow
- Following the prompts on beautifully illustrated cards, players use their imagination to gather ingredients, creatively combine them to create weird & wonderful bite-size edible experiments, name them & explore them together using all five senses. Finally, they rate and record their recipes & experiences. One can play with real food or imaginatively, with or without cooking and choose from solo, collaborative & competitive modes, to discover the exciting edible world on their own terms
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