The Curious Gastronaut Wasan Kaya by Nalisha Chouraria

The Curious Gastronaut Wasan Kaya by Nalisha Chouraria is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe in Kayan Wasa Competition Category.

Baƙin ƘarfeKayan Wasa· 2020

The Curious Gastronaut Wasan Kaya

by Nalisha Chouraria

Client: Nalisha Chouraria

Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe Winner in Kayan Wasa Category

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The Design

About The Curious Gastronaut Wasan Kaya

Curious Gastronaut wasa ne na kaya wanda yake gayyatar yara da iyalai su binciko abinci ta hanyar wasa. Ta hanyar bin umarni a kan katunan da suke da hotuna, 'yan wasa suna tara kayan abinci, su hada su domin su kirkiro gwaje-gwajen abinci masu dan kadan, su ba su suna, sannan su bincike su ta hanyar dukkan hankulan biyar. Bayan haka, ana kimanta girke-girke da martanin da suka samu sannan a rubuta su. Ana iya buga wasan da abinci na gaskiya ko ta hanyar tunani kawai, a wasa shi kai-kaɗai, tare da wasu, ko a matsayin gasa. Ba a ambaci wani takamaiman abinci ba, don haka 'yan wasa suna kirkirar nasu daga farko. Akwatin da aka tsara wasan a ciki karami ne, wanda ya dace da hannun yara kanana da kuma tafiye-tafiye.

The Recognition

About the Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe

Zanen The Curious Gastronaut Wasan Kaya ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe, wata karramawa mai daraja da ake bai wa kyawawan zane-zane waɗanda ke cika buƙatun ƙwararru da masana'antu da ake tsammani daga ƙirƙire-ƙirƙire da aka tsara da kyau. Waɗanda suka lashe kyautar Baƙin Ƙarfe suna nuna babban ƙwarewa, ƙwarewa ta musamman, fahimtar ƙwararru da ikon ƙirƙira na masu ƙirƙirar su. Ana sa ran zanen The Curious Gastronaut Wasan Kaya ya zama ƙirƙira da ake girmamawa sosai, ake sha'awa da ƙauna wacce ke da amfani kuma mai sababbin abubuwa. Wannan zane da ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe yana haɗa mafi kyawun ayyukan fannin kuma yana da halayen fasaha masu cancanta da ke da alaƙa da sanin yadda da baiwa. Ana girmama zanen The Curious Gastronaut Wasan Kaya saboda cikakkiyar kulawarsa kuma an tsara shi don ba da ingantuwar rayuwa da ke taimakawa wajen mai da duniya wuri mafi kyau.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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