Hanzi Storytelling Box ブロックおもちゃは by Jiayu Yao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 教育・教材・研修コンテンツデザイン Competition Category.
鉄教育· 2023
Hanzi Storytelling Box ブロックおもちゃは
by Jiayu Yao
Client: Zhejiang University
A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 教育 Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #149040The Design
About Hanzi Storytelling Box ブロックおもちゃは
Hanzi Storytting Box は、幼児が楽しくインタラクティブに漢字を学べる革新的なブロック玩具です。文字の絵文字の性質と視覚的および聴覚的要素を利用して、学習者が文字を認識し、よりよく覚えられるようにします。付属のアプリは、単語、文章、ストローク、連想描画などの追加の学習リソースを提供し、子供たちは自分の漢字ストーリーを記録してブロックにアップロードすることもできます。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 鉄賞
Hanzi Storytelling Box ブロックおもちゃはは、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Hanzi Storytelling Box ブロックおもちゃはは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Hanzi Storytelling Box ブロックおもちゃはは、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。
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
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