Werkelkueche Abin Wasan Yara by Christine Oehme

Werkelkueche Abin Wasan Yara by Christine Oehme is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Kyautar A' Design Award ta Zinariya in Kayan Jariri Competition Category.

ZinariyaKayan Jariri· 2021

Werkelkueche Abin Wasan Yara

by Christine Oehme

Client: Christine Oehme

Kyautar A' Design Award ta Zinariya Winner in Kayan Jariri Category

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The Design

About Werkelkueche Abin Wasan Yara

Werkelkueche buɗaɗɗen ayyukan ayyuka ne wanda ke baiwa yara damar nutsar da kansu cikin duniyar wasa kyauta. Ya haɗu da na yau da kullun da kayan ado na ɗakin dafa abinci na yara da benches. Don haka Werkelkueche yana ba da dama iri-iri don yin wasa. Za a iya amfani da saman aikin plywood mai lanƙwasa azaman nutsewa, bita ko gangaren kankara. Wuraren gefe na iya ba da wurin ajiya da ɓoye sarari ko gasa naɗaɗɗen ƙira. Tare da taimakon kayan aiki masu launi da masu canzawa, yara za su iya fahimtar ra'ayoyinsu kuma suyi koyi da duniyar manya a cikin hanyar wasa.

The Recognition

About the Kyautar A' Design Award ta Zinariya

Zanen Werkelkueche Abin Wasan Yara ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Zinariya, wata karramawa mai matuƙar daraja da ake bai wa zane-zane na matakin farko, masu ban mamaki kuma na musamman. Waɗanda suka lashe kyautar Zinariya ƙirƙire-ƙirƙire ne masu sababbin abubuwa sosai, masu hangen nesa kuma masu haske mai ban sha'awa waɗanda ke nuna hazaƙa, hikima da ƙwarewar masu zanensu. Ana sa ran zanen Werkelkueche Abin Wasan Yara ya zama ƙirƙira mai yabo sosai, mai kafa yanayi kuma babba wacce ke kawo ƙima da ba a taɓa ganin irinta ba. Wannan zane da ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Zinariya aiki ne mai ban mamaki, mai daraja wanda ke amfanar fasaha, kimiyya, zane da fasahar zamani sosai kuma yana kai iyakokinsu gaba. Zanen Werkelkueche Abin Wasan Yara yana haifar da tsananin sha'awa, yana tada soyayya ga aiki, yana ƙarfafa ƙirƙira kuma yana burge mu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The ”Werkelkueche” is a gender-open activity workstation for children. It combines the formal and aesthetic features of children's kitchens and workbenches and thus opens up playful possibilities that are beyond gender stereotypes. The curved worktop can be a sink and a ski slope. The side compartments offer storage space or can bake crispy rolls. The interchangeable tools allow children to realize their ideas and imitate the adult world.
Dimensions & Packaging: 710mmx440mm780mm
Tags: children, kids, toy, gendersensitiv, kitchen, workbench, play, moulded wood, sheet steel
Production Technology: The worktop of the ”Werkelkueche” is made of thermally deformable birch plywood from UPM. This material allowed me to give the rigid wood a soft, deep groove. This material is in optical and haptic contrast to the powder-coated sheet steel on the front and rear walls.
Design Challenge: The challenge in the conceptual work was the fusion of existing toys and their design opposites. I wanted to make a design that was recognizable and at the same time completely new. From a technical point of view, the thermal deformation of the birch plywood was a particular challenge. After several weeks of experimentation, I had found the right bend angle and also a way to connect this countertop to the rest of the pieces.
Research: Expert interviews and surveys with parents, the influence of gender in children's worlds, five qualitative interviews with educators and leaders, survey with over 900 individual answers, gender plays a subordinate role in children themselves up to the age of three, but from the point of pregnancy a clear distinction is made between male and female through the social environment, clothing and objects, parents want more so-called gender-neutral things
Inspiration: The world of children is actually colorful, loud and diverse. But this children's world is often divided into gender stereotypical roles: the clothes are either pink or blue, in the toy department mystical fighting ninjas ”for boys” and cute dolls ”for girls” are sold. This suggests to even the youngest children what social images and expectations are placed on girls or boys.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2020 with extensive research with parents and social workers. I developed the Werkelkueche as part of my bachelor thesis at the Berlin University of the Arts. The project was completed in December 2020.
Operation Flow: The ”Werkelkueche” is an open-ended, intuitive play space for children. There the world of adults can be imitated in a playful way, conflicts can be negotiated and security gained: Who am I and how does it feel to slip into another role? These experiences are an essential part of the child’s self-identity.
Patents: Registered Design. No. 402020204285-0001. Christine Oehme. 2021
Image Credits: Image #1: Manuel Meinhardt, Werkelkueche, 2020
Image #2: Manuel Meinhardt, Werkelkueche, 2020
Image #3: Manuel Meinhardt, Werkelkueche, 2020
Image #4: Manuel Meinhardt, Werkelkueche, 2020
Image #5: Manuel Meinhardt, Werkelkueche, 2020