Elephant Weight 수학 조기 교육 완구 by Shanghai Art and Design Academy

Elephant Weight 수학 조기 교육 완구 by Shanghai Art and Design Academy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 철상 in 완구, 게임 및 취미 제품 디자인 Competition Category.

철완구· 2023

Elephant Weight 수학 조기 교육 완구

by Shanghai Art and Design Academy

Client: Shanghai Art and Design Academy

A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 완구 Category

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The Design

About Elephant Weight 수학 조기 교육 완구

코끼리 무게(Elephant Weight)는 만 3세 이상 어린이를 위한 수학 조기 교육 완구입니다. 이 디자인은 여러 개의 작은 물체로 하나의 큰 물체를 재는 등가 치환의 원리를 활용한 중국 전통 이야기 '조충이 코끼리의 무게를 재다'에서 착안하였습니다. 작은 코끼리 추마다 5그램에서 100그램까지 각각의 질량이 표시되어 있습니다. 배에 물체를 올려놓고 가라앉은 수위를 표시한 뒤, 선체가 그 수위로 다시 돌아올 때까지 추를 더해 나갑니다. 아이들은 표시된 값을 더하면서 무게와 숫자에 대해 배우게 됩니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 철상

Elephant Weight 수학 조기 교육 완구, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. Elephant Weight 수학 조기 교육 완구, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. Elephant Weight 수학 조기 교육 완구, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.

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