Dwarfs ຊຸດການສຶກສາສຳລັບເດັກນ້ອຍ by Man Wai Wong

Dwarfs ຊຸດການສຶກສາສຳລັບເດັກນ້ອຍ by Man Wai Wong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award ລະດັບເຫຼັກ in ການອອກແບບຂອງຫຼິ້ນ, ເກມ ແລະ ຜະລິດຕະພັນງານອະດິເລກ Competition Category.

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Dwarfs ຊຸດການສຶກສາສຳລັບເດັກນ້ອຍ

by Man Wai Wong

A' Design Award ລະດັບເຫຼັກ Winner in ຂອງຫຼິ້ນ Category

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The Design

About Dwarfs ຊຸດການສຶກສາສຳລັບເດັກນ້ອຍ

Dwarfs ແມ່ນຊຸດການສຶກສາສຳລັບເດັກນ້ອຍທີ່ມີພະຍາດອອທິສຶມ (autism spectrum disorder) ອາຍຸລະຫວ່າງຫົກຫາສິບສອງປີ ທີ່ຮຽນຢູ່ໃນໂຮງຮຽນທົ່ວໄປ. ຊຸດປະກອບດ້ວຍແຜ່ນ Emoboard ແລະ ບລັອກນ້ອຍໆທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ Emobjects. ພະນັກງານສັງຄົມສົງເຄາະຈະເປັນຜູ້ນຳທາງໃນການຫຼິ້ນ. ເດັກຈະເບິ່ງ Emobject, ຈັບມັນ ແລະ ວາງມັນລົງເທິງ Emoboard, ຊຶ່ງຈາກນັ້ນຈະສົ່ງສຽງທີ່ພົວພັນກັບອາລົມທາງລົບອອກມາ. ເດັກຈະທາຍອາລົມນັ້ນ ແລະ ກວດຄຳຕອບຈາກບັດຄຳຕອບ, ຈາກນັ້ນເລືອກ Emobject ອື່ນທີ່ຊ່ວຍໃຫ້ຮູ້ສຶກສະບາຍໃຈຂຶ້ນ. ການໃຊ້ການເບິ່ງ, ການສຳຜັດ ແລະ ການໄດ້ຍິນຖືກນຳມາໃຊ້ເພື່ອສະໜັບສະໜູນການສະແດງອອກ ແລະ ການຄວບຄຸມອາລົມ ພ້ອມທັງກະຕຸ້ນການສື່ສານ.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award ລະດັບເຫຼັກ

Dwarfs ຊຸດການສຶກສາສຳລັບເດັກນ້ອຍ ແມ່ນຜູ້ຊະນະ A' Design Award ລະດັບເຫຼັກ ເຊິ່ງເປັນການຍອມຮັບທີ່ມີກຽດສຳລັບການອອກແບບທີ່ດີ ທີ່ຕອບສະໜອງຄວາມຕ້ອງການທາງວິຊາຊີບ ແລະ ອຸດສາຫະກຳທີ່ຄາດຫວັງຈາກຜົນງານທີ່ອອກແບບມາຢ່າງດີ. ຜູ້ຊະນະລະດັບເຫຼັກສະແດງເຖິງທັກສະອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ຄວາມຊຳນານສະເພາະສູງ ຄວາມເຂົ້າໃຈຂອງຜູ້ຊ່ຽວຊານ ແລະ ຄວາມສາມາດໃນການສ້າງສັນຂອງຜູ້ສ້າງ. Dwarfs ຊຸດການສຶກສາສຳລັບເດັກນ້ອຍ ຖືກຄາດວ່າຈະເປັນຜົນງານທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບການຍົກຍ້ອງສູງ ໜ້າຊົມເຊີຍ ແລະ ເປັນທີ່ຮັກແພງ ທີ່ໃຊ້ງານໄດ້ຈິງ ແລະ ມີນະວັດຕະກຳ. ການອອກແບບທີ່ຊະນະລະດັບເຫຼັກນີ້ລວມວິທີປະຕິບັດທີ່ດີທີ່ສຸດຂອງອຸດສາຫະກຳ ແລະ ມີຄຸນລັກສະນະທາງເຕັກນິກທີ່ມີຄວາມສາມາດ ເຊື່ອມໂຍງກັບຄວາມຮູ້ ແລະ ພອນສະຫວັນ. Dwarfs ຊຸດການສຶກສາສຳລັບເດັກນ້ອຍ ໄດ້ຮັບການເຄົາລົບສຳລັບຄວາມລະອຽດຮອບຄອບ ແລະ ຖືກອອກແບບເພື່ອປັບປຸງຄຸນນະພາບຊີວິດ ຊ່ວຍເຮັດໃຫ້ໂລກເປັນບ່ອນທີ່ດີຂຶ້ນ.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: There are two aspects that the ASD children are not good at, emotion and communication, the product aims to improve the children's social lives by training these two aspects.

The product targets 6 - 12 years old ASD children who are educated in ordinary schools. It involves a playing process with a social worker to educate the children about emotion expression and emotion control. In the process, visual, tactile and auditory sensation of the children will be triggered, so that the children will have more and deeper communication with the social worker instead of only verbal communication, eventually their social skills will be improved.
Dimensions & Packaging: Emoboard: Width 400mm x Depth 400mm x Height 283mm

Each Emobject: About Width 70mm x Depth 70mm x Height 70mm
Tags: autism, education, sensation, communication
Production Technology: In the design, RFID technology is added to complete the auditory stimulation. Also, digital programming of Arduino and Pure Data are also involved.
Design Challenge: The most challenging issue in the project would be the technology part.

RFID technology and digital programming were definitely difficult for a product designer. Therefore, a former IT tutor in Hong Kong Polytechnic University was invited to help with these parts.
Research: A first hand research was conducted in 2018, included observation on some ASD children and an interview with a social worker who was working on some projects about ASD children. The research was to know about what kind of difficulties or issues that the ASD children and social worker face in their usual lives.

A first hand survey was conducted in 2019 in order to collect people's impression on different emotions for the design development. The participants were required to draw the colours and anything that could recall their different emotional memories. 30 people participated in the survey, included adults, children and ASD children.
Inspiration: Under Integrated Education in Hong Kong, some ASD students were being labelled because of their different behaviours, many of them just do not know how to express their feelings and emotions properly. Therefore, this became the starting point of the project.

In the design, different sensations were involved because I took tactile therapy as a reference. It inspired me to arrange stimulation of different sensations so that ASD children will be triggered to have more and deeper communication since some of them are not good at verbal communication.
Project Duration: The project is a Product Design student final year project finished in Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The project started in September 2018 in Hong Kong and finished in May 2019 also in Hong Kong, half of the duration was for research stage, half was for design stage. It was exhibited at the Design Annual Show 2019 in Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Operation Flow: The gaming process is held by a social worker while an ASD child is the participant.

First, the child is required to pick up an Emobject that represents a negative emotion. He has to observe it by eyes, touch it by ears and put it on the Emoboard, the Emoboard will then produce a sound that represents that specific negative emotion. After the whole observation, the child will guess which negative emotion that the Emobject represents. He can check the answers with the answer cards.

After, the child is required to use the observation method mentioned above to guess another Emobject that represents a negative emotion, which can soothe the previous negative emotion. If his answer is correct, he can put the Emobject he chooses on the Emoboard, the sound of Emoboard will slowly change from the negative emotion to the positive one.

The gaming process is to educate ASD children about emotion expression and control.
Team Members: Main designer: Man Wai Wong

Co-designer: Chi Wing Lee