Hair Salon Ihe Egwuregwu Ụmụaka by Yi-Teng Shih,Vincent Mao and Jay Li

Hair Salon Ihe Egwuregwu Ụmụaka by Yi-Teng Shih,Vincent Mao and Jay Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ihe Egwuregwu, Egwuregwu na Ngwaahịa Ntụrụndụ Competition Category.

BronzIhe Egwuregwu· 2021

Hair Salon Ihe Egwuregwu Ụmụaka

by Yi-Teng Shih,Vincent Mao and Jay Li

Client: PolyU Design

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ihe Egwuregwu Category

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The Design

About Hair Salon Ihe Egwuregwu Ụmụaka

Ndị otu ahụ haziri ụdị anụmanụ mara mma anọ ka ụmụaka wee mụta ịghọta anụmanụ dị iche iche na imepụta ụdị ntutu dị iche iche ka ha wee zụlite nka nka nke aka ha. Ndị otu ahụ mere nnukwu akụkụ nke efere nrụgide na ala ụmụ anụmanụ, ka ụmụaka wee nwee ike ịrụ ọrụ ngwa ngwa. Ụmụaka kwesịrị itinye ntụ ọka ahụ n'ime ihe egwuregwu ụmụ anụmanụ, na site na ịpịkọta, a ga-ewepụ ntutu isi mgwakota agwa ma dozie ha. Mgwakota agwa bụ ihe enwere ike ijikwa ya ọzọ. Ọzọkwa, ihe egwuregwu ụmụaka kwesịrị ekwesị maka iso ndị ọzọ na-egwuri egwu, dị ka ndị enyi na ndị nne na nna, ma na-emepụta ọtụtụ ihe ọchị site na ịme ntutu isi na-atọ ọchị.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Hair Salon Ihe Egwuregwu Ụmụaka meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Hair Salon Ihe Egwuregwu Ụmụaka ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Hair Salon Ihe Egwuregwu Ụmụaka na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The unique properties are to make children become dough hairdressers giving full play to their creativity to design different hair styles for animals. It is very important to cultivate children's hands-on skills. It is hoped that through the process of making animal hairstyles, the six abilities of children can be improved: creativity, concentration, cognition, logic, aesthetics and expression. Trying to make animal hairstyles is an experimental process and kids can play together.
Dimensions & Packaging: 10cm x 8cm x 5cm for each animal size.
Tags: Dough, animal hair design, Series design, sustainable toy, hands-on skill
Production Technology: The material of this toy is plastic and is made by injection molding.
Design Challenge: Taking leading the growth of children's aesthetics as the project mission, the toy that integrates art (Art), games (Play) and imagination (Think), and is committed to children's aesthetic toys and aesthetic education. In order to reduce fixation of children thinking, we designed four cute animal shapes. For example, children can dress the sheep toy into ewe, ram or punk sheep, so that they can freely create their own style for the toy.
Research: Dough is a material that is easy to shape; however, children need to create artifacts from scratch. This may make some children less motivated to play the dough. To solve this problem, we designed four cute animal shapes so children can learn to understand different animals and creative different hair styles for them to develop their own craft skills.
Inspiration: It is very important to cultivate children's hands-on skills. Children can dress the sheep toy into ewe, ram or punk sheep, so that they can freely create their own style for the toy. The toy is suitable for playing with other people, such as friends and parents, and creates a lot of fun by making funny hair. The dough can be reused and does not require electricity, so it is a sustainable toy.
Project Duration: Duration: January 2019 to January 2021.
Location: Hong Kong and Ningbo.
Operation Flow: Since this is a new toy launched, it has already received some good responses. “My son usually gets bored after playing with toys a few times. But this dough salon toy, he can play again and again, especially during epidemics.” Children need to put the dough in the animal toy, and through squeezing, the hair will be squeezed out. Dough is a material that can be reused. The dough will dry out after a period of use, but just add a little water to restore its original elasticity. This reuse material will benefit both users and environment.
Team Members: PolyU Design: Dr Yi-Teng Shih
Ningbo MiroKids Toys Co.,Ltd: Mr Vincent Mao
Mr Jay Li
Ms Gana Xu
Image Credits: Mr Vincent Mao, Dr Yi-Teng Shih, Mr Jay Li, Ms Gana Xu