Elephant Weight 算数の幼児教育玩具 by Shanghai Art and Design Academy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 玩具・ゲーム・ホビー製品デザイン Competition Category.
鉄玩具· 2023
Elephant Weight 算数の幼児教育玩具
by Shanghai Art and Design Academy
Client: Shanghai Art and Design Academy
A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 玩具 Category
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The Design
About Elephant Weight 算数の幼児教育玩具
「Elephant Weight（象の分銅）」は、3歳以上の子どもを対象とした算数の幼児教育玩具です。大きな物を多数の小さな物で量る「等価交換」の考え方を用いた中国の伝統的な物語『曹沖、象を量る』に着想を得てデザインされました。小さな象型の分銅にはそれぞれ5グラムから100グラムまでの質量が記されています。まず船に物を載せて沈み込んだ位置に印を付け、次に船体がその位置に戻るまで分銅を加えていきます。子どもたちは分銅に記された数値を足し合わせることで、重さと数について学ぶことができます。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 鉄賞
Elephant Weight 算数の幼児教育玩具は、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。Elephant Weight 算数の幼児教育玩具は、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。Elephant Weight 算数の幼児教育玩具は、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
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This is a math early education toy for children over 3 years old. It is developed from the "equivalent replacement" in the story of " Cao Chong Weighs the Elephant ". Each small elephant weight is marked with 5g, 10g, 20g, 30g, 40g, 50g and 100g according to the weight. Weigh according to the hull sinking,children can clearly feel the weight of different scales and enhance the sensitivity to weight and numbers, to strengthen children's careful observation of small objects around them.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Wave body: 270 mm long × Width 150 mm × 130 mm high;
Hull: 254 mm long × 134 mm wide × Height 91 mm;
Flag pole: 10mm in diameter and 155mm in length;
Flag: 52 mm long × Height 36 mm - Tags
- early education, toys, children, mathematics
- Production Technology
- CNC processing, painting, manual glue dropping
- Design Challenge
- 1. Spring size: Different sizes of springs have different support forces
2. Weights - Elephant: Mold making - Research
- 1.Regarding the research on the progress of elementary school mathematics, generally speaking, starting from the third grade of primary school, the unit of mass learning is grams, kilograms, and tons.
2.Compression spring:
According to the force properties, springs can be divided into tension springs, compression springs, torsion springs, and bending springs. We choose a compression spring, which has a certain gap between the coils. When subjected to external loads, the spring contracts and deforms, storing deformation energy. - Inspiration
- The traditional Chinese story "Cao Chong Weighs the Elephant" tells that Cao Chong used the method of "equal replacement" to replace the elephant with many stones, and made marks on the boat to make the elephant and the stone have the same effect. According to the weight of the stone, the weight of the elephant can be obtained. Solve this problem by transforming "big" into "small". We combine the " Equivalent Substitution " in the story with children's toys.
- Project Duration
- The project started in March 2022 and ended in March 2023 at Shanghai
- Operation Flow
- Step 1) Put any items you want to weigh；Step 2) Mark the sinking position of the ship with the anchor；Step 3) put in the elephant weights to make the hull return to the anchor position；Step 4) Calculate the weight of the object with the elephant weights.
- Patents
- Shanghai Art and Design Academy
- Image Credits
- Yuxuan Zhang
Nana Liao
Sha Yang
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