Werkelkueche Cov Khoom Ua Si by Christine Oehme is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Kub in Tsim Khoom Siv Menyuam Mos, Menyuam Yaus thiab Menyuam Competition Category.
KubKhoom Siv Menyuam· 2021
Werkelkueche Cov Khoom Ua Si
Client: Christine Oehme
A' Design Award Kub Winner in Khoom Siv Menyuam Category
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About Werkelkueche Cov Khoom Ua Si
Werkelkueche yog qhov chaw ua haujlwm qhib kev ua tub los ntxhais uas ua rau cov menyuam yaus nkag mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb ua si dawb. Nws muab cov qauv tsim thiab zoo nkauj ntawm cov menyuam yaus chav ua noj thiab cov rooj zaum ua haujlwm. Yog li ntawd lub Werkelkueche muaj ntau yam muaj peev xwm ua si. Qhov nkhaus plywood worktop tuaj yeem siv ua lub dab dej, rhiav lossis caij ski txoj kab nqes. Lub sab compartments muaj peev xwm muab cia thiab zais qhov chaw los yog ci crispy yob. Nrog kev pab los ntawm cov yeeb yuj thiab cov cuab yeej sib hloov, cov menyuam yaus tuaj yeem paub lawv lub tswv yim thiab xyaum lub ntiaj teb ntawm cov neeg laus hauv kev ua si.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Kub
Werkelkueche Cov Khoom Ua Si yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Kub, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim qib ib, zoo kawg nkaus thiab tshwj xeeb. Cov neeg yeej Kub yog cov khoom tsim tshiab heev, pom deb heev thiab ci ntsa iab uas qhia txog kev txawj ntse, kev txawj thiab lub zog ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Werkelkueche Cov Khoom Ua Si xav tias yuav yog ib qho kev tsim uas tau txais kev qhuas ntau, tsim kev nyiam tshiab thiab loj uas ua rau muaj nqi tsis tau muaj dua. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Kub no yog ib qho haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus thiab muaj kev hwm uas pab tau ntau thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. Werkelkueche Cov Khoom Ua Si ua rau muaj kev xav tau heev, txhawb kev mob siab, txhawb kev tsim tshiab thiab ua rau peb xav tsis thoob.
Behind the Design
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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
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