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Bavvic Creative Building Blocks by Maciej Sokolnicki Wins the Golden A' Design Award in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
Maciej Sokolnicki honored for toys, games and hobby products design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Bavvic Creative Building Blocks by Maciej Sokolnicki, designed for Bavvic, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design category. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
More About Bavvic Creative Building Blocks
Bavvic is a set of creative building blocks for children. The wooden blocks are made from local beech left over from furniture and window production. Sensory silicone connectors interlock the blocks and allow abstract forms to be built. Each block measures 80 by 80 by 7.9 millimetres, and each connector measures 40 by 40 by 8.4 millimetres. The open-ended design supports cognitive and motor skills, spatial imagination, problem solving, decision making and creative thinking. Bavvic is intended to encourage learning through hands-on play for all ages.
Award Record
This recognition makes Maciej Sokolnicki a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design Award
The A' Toy Design Award is an international toy design competition recognizing good toy designs by best toy designers, manufacturers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to toy designers, game studios, industrial designers and hobby product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include dolls, action figures, board games, puzzles, plush toys and educational toys. Awarded toy designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/toy
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/138380
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/138380
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!138380
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/322115
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Bavvic Creative Building Blocks
- Function
- Creative Building Blocks
- Category
- Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- White Smoke, Sienna, Indian Red, Light Gray and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Bavvic
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Maciej Sokolnicki
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #138380
Credits
- Image Credits
- BAVVIC
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Multifunctional, sensory open-ended building blocks that help to engage children in a culture of learning through creative hands-on approach. Meet BAVVIC - Creative Building Blocks, the new product that carries attributes of a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mat) toy and aids in developing interest in education, through geometrical shapes and abstract forms.
- Inspiration
- The project started during the spontanous discussion of two female friends - Maria and Hania about their kids. It turned into idea of doing something together. The basic principal was to do something with the wooden leftovers from the furniture and windows production. Hania's husband is an award winning architect. He accepted the challange. This is how the adventure of creating unique minimalistic toy/building blocks started.
- Challenge
- The hardest part of this designing BAVVIC was to find a right wooden elements. BAVVIC blocks are design to create abstract forms by interlock wooden blocks with sensory silicon connectors.
- Realization and Technology
- Creative wooden blocks are made from leftovers of furniture and windows producation. The basic material is a local beech tree. The second component are sensory silicon connectors. It is a BFA toxic free silicon.
- Operation and Interaction
- FUNCTIONALITY Inclusive: Accessible for all, regardless age, gender, individual differences or additional needs (e.g. sensory disturbance). Supporting: The toy actively encourages development across various skills, like; cognitive, motoric, spatial imagination, problem solving and decision-making, creative thinking and more! Engaging : Playing BAVVIC for prolonged periods of time enables focusing on concentration and collaboration. Intuitive: Children and adults of all ages, will be able to use the toy to its full capacity.
- Project Duration and Location
- Project started in the end of 2020 by a phone call discussion in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Specifications
- The basic dimension of variety of geometrical wooden blocks is 80mm x 80mm x 7.9mm. Sensory silicon connectors basic dimension is 40mm x 40 mm x 8.4mm
- Keywords
- creative wooden blocks, building blocks, bavvic, kids toys, steam toys, circular economy, recycled wood, designed by architect
