Hanzi Storytelling Box Ngọngọ Egwuregwu Ụmụaka by Jiayu Yao

Hanzi Storytelling Box Ngọngọ Egwuregwu Ụmụaka by Jiayu Yao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Mmụta, Ngwá Nkụzi na Ọdịnaya Ọzụzụ Competition Category.

IgweMmụta· 2023

Hanzi Storytelling Box Ngọngọ Egwuregwu Ụmụaka

by Jiayu Yao

Client: Zhejiang University

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Mmụta Category

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The Design

About Hanzi Storytelling Box Ngọngọ Egwuregwu Ụmụaka

Igbe akụkọ akụkọ Hanzi bụ ngọngọ egwuregwu ụmụaka na-emepe emepe nke na-eme ka mmụta asụsụ China bụrụ ihe na-atọ ụtọ na mmekọrịta maka ụmụaka. Ọ na-eji ọdịdị eserese eserese nke mkpụrụedemede, yana ihe a na-ahụ anya na nke anụ ahụ, iji nyere ndị mmụta aka ịmata na icheta ha nke ọma. Ngwa a na-eso ya na-enye ihe mmụta ndị ọzọ, dị ka okwu, ahịrịokwu, ide strok, na eserese mmekọrịta, ụmụaka nwekwara ike ịdekọ akụkọ agwa ndị China nke ha ka ha bulite na ngọngọ.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Hanzi Storytelling Box Ngọngọ Egwuregwu Ụmụaka meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Hanzi Storytelling Box Ngọngọ Egwuregwu Ụmụaka ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Hanzi Storytelling Box Ngọngọ Egwuregwu Ụmụaka maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Hanzi Storytelling Box is a meaningful block toy that supports young children to engage with Chinese characters in a more friendly way. The toy kit uses the pictographic nature of characters, blending visual and auditory to help learners recognize and remember them. The toy divides characters into three categories by theme: nature (yellow), people (blue), and artifacts (red). Young children are encouraged to appreciate the beauty of Chinese characters, explore their mysteries, and find learning fun and engaging.
Dimensions & Packaging: Chinese character module: 50mm*50mm*6mm and 70mm*70mm*6mm Speech recognition module: 140mm*140mm*70mm Specifications: LED, Speaker, RFID Tag and Reader, Button, Battery
Tags: Education, Young children, Block toy, Chinese characters, Electronic toys
Production Technology: TECHNOLOGY: UX design process, Rhinoceros, Keyshot, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Arduino, Electronic circuit technology MATERIALS: Wooden
Design Challenge: The first challenge was to categorize and classify the Chinese characters that preschoolers need to learn. The toy divided these characters into three categories based on their meanings and used different colors to show the distinction. The second challenge was to visualize the characters by creating easy-to-understand patterns that fit their meanings. To do this, the toy described the meaning of each character through a one-sentence story in relation to its pattern.
Research: By combining Montessori's sensitive period for senses and Piaget's constructivism theories, and conducting a user study with children aged 3-6 years, the toy uses common objects in daily life as visual representations of Chinese characters. The existing knowledge of the children was utilized to assimilate new knowledge of Chinese characters. The radicals are key to learning Chinese characters, and the Hanzi Storytelling Box allows for free combinations between radical blocks to form different Chinese characters with clear visual elements that present the role of different radicals in the overall Chinese character.
Inspiration: Children often consider Chinese characters to be complex, boring, and irregular, which leads to children's anxiety about learning Chinese characters. By analyzing the cognitive characteristics, age characteristics, and literacy rules of lower-grade students, the Hanzi Storytelling Box is designed based on the "child-oriented" design principle.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2022 and finished in October 2022 in Ningbo.
Operation Flow: First, the child can freely play with the character blocks. They can place a single block or combine two blocks to form a specific character on the Storytelling Box. After pushing the box button, the description of the Chinese characters and the related fable will be broadcasted by the box. Secondly, the accompanying app allows users to record their own Chinese character stories and play them with the physical toy. The app also provides additional learning resources, such as words, sentences, writing strokes, associative drawing, and review. These resources can help children learn Chinese characters holistically and easily.
Team Members: Jiayu Yao
Jing Zhang
Jiayi Ma
Yuqi Zhang
Weijia Lin
Sheng Yang
Shuyue Feng
Cheng Yao
Image Credits: Jiayu Yao、Jiayi Ma、Jing Zhang，2022