Blocs Intummy Taonga Takaro Ako Ako Matauranga by Nien Tzu, Yu Ling, Wei Jia and Chia Yi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Taonga Tākaro, Kēmu me ngā Hua Runaruna Competition Category.
RinoTaonga Tākaro· 2022
Blocs Intummy Taonga Takaro Ako Ako Matauranga
by Nien Tzu, Yu Ling, Wei Jia and Chia Yi
Client: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Deparment
A' Design Award Rino Winner in Taonga Tākaro Category
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About Blocs Intummy Taonga Takaro Ako Ako Matauranga
I hangaia nga poraka i roto i te puku ki te kawe i te ariā e whai waahi ana te katoa ki te kai haumaru me te tika. Ko te kaupapa matua ko te whakaako i nga tamariki kura kohungahunga mo te hiakai, me te ako ki te tuari me te whakanui ake i o ratou mohiotanga ki te kore kai. Ka taea te toha atu nga poraka kai ahuahanga ki nga tamariki hei whakaki ki roto i te puku kau o nga pepeha, e arahina ana e te pukapuka pakiwaitara whakaahua, hei whakarei ake i te mohio ki te tiritiri kai me te aroha ki te kai.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Rino
Ko Blocs Intummy Taonga Takaro Ako Ako Matauranga te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Blocs Intummy Taonga Takaro Ako Ako Matauranga he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Blocs Intummy Taonga Takaro Ako Ako Matauranga mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Blocs in tummy was created to convey the concept that everyone has access to safe and adequate food which conform to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals SDGs no.2, zero hunger. The main purpose is to educate preschool children about hunger, and learn to share and increase their awareness on food shortage. It is hoped that preschool children can be inspired by playing with this innovative set of educational toys . Geometrical food blocks can be share among children to fill into the dolls with empty stomach, guided by an illustration story book, to enhance the cognition of food sharing and food cherish.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimension:Each doll Height270mm x Width190mm x Thickness65mm
- Tags
- Children's educational toys, human rights, hunger, independent sharing, balanced diet
- Production Technology
- Material: wood, cotton fabric, cotton
Production technology: hand-sewn, hand-cutting
Surface coating: natural wood wax oil on the paint surface - Design Challenge
- To integrate the profound issues into the language of design, and to seek guidance from the early childhood education profession and tailor, to understand information on pre-primary education and commercial safety products, and to make a set of children's teaching toys which break through traditional education and have long-range planning.
- Research
- Research type: How to transform abstract concepts into design language, early childhood education, cognitive psychology, heuristic education.
Research goal: Inspire awareness of hunger, learn to share and increase knowledge of food.
Research methods: type analysis, material analysis, toy type and size analysis, color analysis, cognitive psychology, children psychology, children’s picture book presentation, early childhood education learning goals.
Data collection: 3-6 year old children's toy market survey, children's toy analysis, children's cognitive development, toy safety regulations data.
Research tools: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe photoshop - Inspiration
- According to the SDGs no.2 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the elimination of hunger, everyone has the right to have safe and adequate food, but observations show that there is still a problem of uneven distribution of food and insufficient nutrition in society.
- Project Duration
- The project started in July 2021 and was completed in Tainan, Taiwan in March 2022. First debut in Young Designer Exhibition (Yodex) June 2022 in Taipei World Trade Center NanGang Exhibition Hall.
- Operation Flow
- This is an educational toy with dolls and building blocks as the starting point. Through observation and assembly, from knowing different food dolls to increasing knowledge of food, and with the guidance and correspondence of story and picture books, children can play in the context; in the process of hunger, children can feel the importance of balanced nutrition and learn to share on their own.
- Team Members
- Instructor: ChungSheng Chen
Designer: NienTzu Chang
Designer: YuLing Tsai
Designer: WeiJia Gong
Designer: ChiaYi Hung
Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department - Image Credits
- NienTzu Chang
YuLing Tsai
WeiJia Gong
ChiaYi Hung
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