Chalk Pebbles Kapena Keʻaho Kaha Kiʻi by Rui Huang

Chalk Pebbles Kapena Keʻaho Kaha Kiʻi by Rui Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Lako Hana Noʻeau a me Lako Palapala Competition Category.

KeleaweLako Hana Noʻeau· 2025

Chalk Pebbles Kapena Keʻaho Kaha Kiʻi

by Rui Huang

Client: Xiamen University of Technology

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Lako Hana Noʻeau Category

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The Design

About Chalk Pebbles Kapena Keʻaho Kaha Kiʻi

ʻO Chalk Pebbles kekahi pūʻulu kaha kiʻi keʻaho no nā keiki, i hana ʻia e like me nā iliʻili o ke kahawai. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana kona ʻano ʻokoʻa a me nā laina kala i hana ʻia mai nā pauka hua ʻai a me nā mea kanu ʻai. ʻEhiku pae paʻakikī e ʻae ai i nā keiki e ʻimi i nā ʻokoʻa i ka hoʻopā ʻana a e hōʻike i nā papa kala i hūnā ʻia. Kaha pololei ke keʻaho i nā ʻili ʻāʻā a hiki ke wāwahi ʻia no ka pāʻani hana manuahi. Ke hoʻopulu ʻia, hiki nō i ke keʻaho ke lilo i mea pena wai. Kākoʻo nā mea palekana i ka ʻai ʻana a me ka pahu hoʻopili palupalu i ka palekana o nā keiki a me ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Chalk Pebbles Kapena Keʻaho Kaha Kiʻi i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Chalk Pebbles Kapena Keʻaho Kaha Kiʻi he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Chalk Pebbles Kapena Keʻaho Kaha Kiʻi i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Chalk Pebbles is designed with the concept of nature as a teaching tool, inspired by the natural shapes of riverbed pebbles. Each piece features irregular textures and vibrant color bands made from vegetable-based pigments. With seven hardness levels, children can explore tactile gradients, revealing hidden color layers. The chalk also doubles as a watercolor medium when moistened. Chalk Pebbles reconnects children with nature in a poetic way, offering low-tech, high-sensory interaction in the digital age.
Dimensions & Packaging: Individual: 56mmx42mmx23mm, 40mmx35mmx20mm, 50mmx38mmx18mm, 59mmx30mmx21mm, 58mmx26mmx21mm, 62mmx34mmx26mm, 70mmx50mmx25mm
Packaging: 264x142mm
Tags: Stationery, natural materials, tactile experience, fine motor skills, children's development, eco-friendly design, sensory play, educational tools, hand-eye coordination, creative exploration
Production Technology: The components of this product are edible fruit and vegetable powders. The pebbles are made using a molding process with food-safe materials, combining starch and powdered pigments for adjustable hardness.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge lies in the ratio of product ingredients, because different color simulations, surface textures, and hardness are required, so multiple tests are needed to optimize the user experience.
Research: Chalk Pebbles reimagines traditional chalk through nature-inspired design, combining edible vegetable pigments and riverbed pebble morphology to create a multi-sensory chalk for children. Through naturalistic observation, material testing, and questionnaire from 28 users，Open-ended interactions deepen children’s connection to ecological cycles. Future work will scale the play-learn-renew model to broader sustainability education contexts.
Inspiration: Bring the pebble elements of nature indoors to arouse curiosity and closeness to nature in educational scenes.
The unique texture and color changes of natural pebbles are retained in shape and material, allowing children to directly feel the beauty of nature through playing.
Environmentally friendly, edible raw materials and degradable packaging are used, which are friendly to the environment and concerned about children's safety.
Project Duration: The project runs from March 2024 to February 2025 in Xiamen, China
Operation Flow: Paint directly onto rough surfaces.
Break apart and paint onto rough surfaces.
Smudge painted areas with a wet brush for a watercolor effect.
Use Chalk Pebbles or break them apart for free-building play.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Rui Huang, 2025.
Team Members: Rui Huang
Image Credits: Image #1: Designer Rui Huang, ChalkPebbles, 2025.
Image #2: Designer Rui Huang, ChalkPebbles, 2025.
Image #3: Designer Rui Huang, ChalkPebbles, 2025.
Image #4: Designer Rui Huang, ChalkPebbles, 2025.
Image #5: Designer Rui Huang, ChalkPebbles, 2025.
Video Credits: Designer Rui Huang, ChalkPebbles, 2025.