Save The Turtle 퍼즐 by Zagazoo Busy Bag is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 철상 in 완구, 게임 및 취미 제품 디자인 Competition Category.

철완구· 2020

Save The Turtle 퍼즐

by Zagazoo Busy Bag

Client: Zagazoo Busy Bag

A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 완구 Category

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The Design

About Save The Turtle 퍼즐

Save The Turtle은 미로 퍼즐을 통해 4 ~ 8 세 어린이에게 플라스틱이 바다와 바다 생물에 미치는 해로운 영향을 간단하고 재미있게 소개합니다. 아이들은 다양한 퀴즈를 풀고 안전한 장소에 도착할 때까지 길을 따라 바다 거북을 움직여 승리합니다. 여러 퀴즈를 반복하고 풀면 아이들이 플라스틱 사용에 대한 행동을 바꾸고 아이디어를 강화할 수 있습니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 철상

Save The Turtle 퍼즐, 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. Save The Turtle 퍼즐, 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. Save The Turtle 퍼즐, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: "Save The Turtle" explains to children aging 4-8 how harmful plastic is for sea turtles, (as they mistake it for food and die) through a maze puzzle game. In each quiz, they have to save the turtle from the harmful plastic (visualized as a bottle and plastic bag) and take it to a safe place. Doing more and more quizzes strengthens the idea in their minds that plastic is harmful.
Dimensions & Packaging: The maze part consists of 4 square pieces and a frame, so in total it is 220 mm x 220 mm x 5 mm. It comes along with a booklet (170 x 140 mm) and small wooden pieces: 2 turtles, 2 bottles and 2 plastic bags, each is 10 mm x 10 mm x 3 mm. The packaging is a pouch 280 x 250 mm.
Tags: save turtle, sustainable, ecosystem, eco-friendly, edutainment, out of home play, busy bag, environment
Production Technology: The puzzle is made of durable MDF wood accompanied with a printable booklet. Ideally, the game should be 100% eco-friendly or 100% recyclable. This was not fully realizable/or feasible at that time, but it is plastic-free.
Design Challenge: Solving a maze from a booklet is not a very simple task for a 4 or 5 years-old child, as the 4 maze pieces look very similar to each other. Stickers with different sea elements like a star, bubbles, etc. were put on the pieces of the maze to make it more identifiable. The game includes two different levels that make the game more challenging and suitable for a broader age bracket.
Research: Children will not change their behavioral patterns, if they do not understand and memorize the reasons for this change. Establishing a new piece of information in the brain of a child could be done through repetition, but education and repetition should not be boring. That's why learning combined with play is a perfect tool. The team conducted the research before and after the game was prototyped. It was clear that children memorized how dangerous plastic is for sea turtles and spread awareness to adults.
Inspiration: Awareness campaigns about human activities that are harming the sea and sea creatures are growing stronger than ever before.
It has become everybody's responsibility to save the environment through sensible and responsible actions. How about children? Are they even aware of the problem, or is it about time that they start to take part in this movement?
Project Duration: The project started in April 2019 in Cairo, Egypt and launched in August 2019 in Cairo. The product was available for sale on Zagazoo's social media platforms starting August 2019. Ever since it has become one of the most selling products.
Operation Flow: The game starts with an explanation of how plastic is harming the sea turtles. The child can start with any quiz (out of 24 quizzes) and tries to imitate the puzzle quiz seen in the booklet by putting the 4 wooden puzzle pieces in the right place. Then he/she solves the maze quiz by taking the sea turtle to a safe place, where the plant is and avoids the plastic bottle and bag.
Team Members: Co-Founder of Zagazoo: Marina Adel Zaghloul
Image Credits: Image #1 : Photographer Marina Zaghloul / Illustrator Christine Zaghloul / Save the Turtle, 2019