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The Curious Gastronaut משחק קלפים by Nalisha Chouraria

The Curious Gastronaut משחק קלפים by Nalisha Chouraria is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 פרס הברזל של A' Design Award in עיצוב צעצועים, משחקים ומוצרי תחביבים Competition Category.


ברזלצעצועים· 2020

The Curious Gastronaut משחק קלפים

by Nalisha Chouraria

Client: Nalisha Chouraria

פרס הברזל של A' Design Award Winner in צעצועים Category

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The Design

About The Curious Gastronaut משחק קלפים

הגסטרונאוט הסקרן הוא משחק קלפים המזמין ילדים ומשפחות לחקור אוכל דרך משחק. בהתאם להנחיות המופיעות על קלפים מאוירים, השחקנים אוספים מרכיבים, משלבים אותם לניסויים אכילים בגודל ביס, מעניקים להם שם ובוחנים אותם באמצעות כל חמשת החושים. לאחר מכן, המתכונים והתגובות מדורגים ומתועדים. ניתן לשחק את המשחק עם אוכל אמיתי או באמצעות הדמיון בלבד, במצב יחיד, שיתופי או תחרותי. אין ציון של מנות ספציפיות, כך שהשחקנים ממציאים הכול מהתחלה. הקופסה הקומפקטית מתאימה לידיים קטנות ולנסיעות.

The Recognition

About the פרס הברזל של A' Design Award

העיצוב The Curious Gastronaut משחק קלפים זכה בפרס הברזל של A' Design Award, הכרה יוקרתית הניתנת לעיצובים טובים שעומדים בדרישות המקצועיות והתעשייתיות הנדרשות מיצירות מעוצבות היטב. זוכי הברזל מפגינים מיומנות רבה, התמחות גבוהה, הבנה מומחית ויכולת יצירתית של יוצריהם. מהעיצוב The Curious Gastronaut משחק קלפים מצפים שיהיה יצירה מוערכת מאוד, מוערצת ואהובה שהיא מעשית וחדשנית. העיצוב הזה שזכה בפרס הברזל של A' Design Award משלב את השיטות הטובות ביותר בענף ויש לו מאפיינים טכניים מוכשרים הקשורים לידע מקצועי ולכישרון. העיצוב The Curious Gastronaut משחק קלפים זוכה לכבוד בזכות היסודיות שלו ומעוצב לספק שיפורים באיכות החיים שעוזרים להפוך את העולם למקום טוב יותר.

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

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