Gula Mea Pāʻani · 2019
Makedo Pūnaewele Kūkulu Pahu Pepa
by Paul Justin
- A' Design Award Gula 2019 in Mea Pāʻani
- CLIENT: Makedo
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 57,845
- Verification code B12AF7BAE8 · Verify this award
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About Makedo Pūnaewele Kūkulu Pahu Pepa
He ʻōnaehana hāmama ʻo Makedo o nā mea hana no ke kūkulu noʻeau me ka pahu pepa. Ua haku ʻia ka ʻōnaehana Makedo me ʻehiku mau ʻāpana e hiki ai ke olo, ke pelu, a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka pahu pepa me ka ʻole o nā lihi ʻoi. Hoʻohui nā kui wili a me nā wili kui a hiki i ʻeono papa o ka pahu pepa ʻōpeʻapeʻa, a ʻo ka mea ʻōwili pelu, hoʻopuka puka ia i nā laina no ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ke kino. Hana ʻia nā mea hana mai ka polypropylene, ka ABS, a me ke kila, a kūʻai ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau mea hana hoʻokahi, he mau pūʻulu no ka home, a i ʻole he mau pūʻulu no ka lumi papa. Hiki i nā hana i haku ʻia ke laha mai nā mea liʻiliʻi i paʻa i ka lima a hiki i nā kūkulu nui a ka hui. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Makedo e kōkua i nā keiki e hoʻohana hou i ka pahu pepa o kēlā me kēia lā ma o ka pāʻani.
About the A' Design Award Gula
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Makedo Pūnaewele Kūkulu Pahu Pepa i ka A' Design Award Gula, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā pae mua, kupaianaha a kūʻokoʻa. He mau hana hou loa, ʻike maka a nani hoʻolaʻa nā lanakila Gula e hōʻike ana i ka ʻuhane akamai, ka naʻauao a me ka mākau o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Makedo Pūnaewele Kūkulu Pahu Pepa he mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia, e hoʻokumu ana i nā ʻano hou, he nui, e hāʻawi ana i ka waiwai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma mua. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Gula he papahana kupaianaha, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi nui a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hoʻāla ka hoʻolālā Makedo Pūnaewele Kūkulu Pahu Pepa i nā manaʻo makemake ikaika, hoʻāla i ka ʻiʻini, hoʻoulu i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻopūliki iā mākou.
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- Unique Properties
- Makedo is a simple to use, open-ended system of tools for creative cardboard construction. Makedo enables children to see value in everyday cardboard and to independently repurpose it into imaginative, playful and useful creations, all the while fostering the critical thinking skills of tomorrow’s problem solvers. Makedo comes to life in collaborative, creative environments such as classrooms, maker-spaces, libraries, museums and homes.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Makedo kits are available in varying quantities. From individual tools to home kits to classroom kits.
Discover - 126 pieces (320 mm x 240 mm x 45 mm)
Creations made with Makedo can be any size depending on the cardboard supply and capability of the maker/s. From one person holding a small creation in their hand up to hundreds of people collaborating to build a football field sized maze, anything is possible. - Tags
- education, play, stem, steam, cardboard, toy, imagination, diy
- Production Technology
- The Makedo system is manufactured primarily by injection moulding.
SCRUs: PP.
Tools: ABS.
Blades: PA66 or SS#420.
As our primary market is in education, we were highly cognisant of ensuring we maintained our position of affordability for newly introduced parts and kits. Consolidated design and material selection were key to achieving this. In addition, we offer a free library of printable part files which can be 3D printed to enhance, accessorise and hack the making process. - Design Challenge
- As an own brand, there is a continual subconscious process of product development. Our ongoing objective is to apply Dieter Rams’ 10 Principles of Good Design. Our primary endeavour with Makedo 3.0 was to consolidate the design language of the Makedo system (four new tools which utilise a single handle design), extend overall capability for older makers 7+ without compromising safety (3+ safe metal blades), and reducing the use of plastics in our packaging (achieved 80/100%, sku dependent).
- Research
- Research methodology included; documentation and discussion of our own observations and experience using Makedo, customer feedback, extensive prototyping (over 300 3D-printed/laser-cut models), user testing and multiple factory visits to discuss materials and manufacturing process.
Primary insight was a need to extend system capability as older makers were finding the SAFE-SAW too crude for refined projects whilst younger makers were becoming increasingly adept at using Makedo. - Inspiration
- Children are endlessly imaginative. Ever eager to make indescribable thingamajigs for play, Paul Justin (PJ) sought to develop an open-ended construction system simple enough to enable his children (and many others) to independently create worlds of their own imagining. PJ's ‘aha moment’ was found in cardboard; a universally available, free and unlimited building block. Combined with the development of intuitive, reusable tools for crafting and connecting cardboard, Makedo was born.
- Project Duration
- The project started in March 2017 in Melbourne, and was introduced to trade in January 2019.
- Operation Flow
- The Makedo system is comprised of seven unique elements.
SCRU: connects up to three layers of corrugated cardboard.
SCRU XL: connects up to six layers of corrugated cardboard.
SCRU-DRIVER: connect cardboard as simply as righty tighty, lefty loosey.
SAFE-SAW JNR.: flexible plastic blade to saw cardboard, not fingers.
SAFE-SAW: steel blade with no sharp edges to swiftly saw cardboard.
FOLD-ROLLER: perforate lines to sculpt cardboard like a pro.
MINI-TOOL: for parallel and cooperative making. - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Mark Lobo, 2019
Image #4: Illustrator Bill Hope, 2018
