Elephant Weight Taumaha Arewhana by Shanghai Art and Design Academy

Elephant Weight Taumaha Arewhana by Shanghai Art and Design Academy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Taonga Tākaro, Kēmu me ngā Hua Runaruna Competition Category.

RinoTaonga Tākaro· 2023

Elephant Weight Taumaha Arewhana

by Shanghai Art and Design Academy

Client: Shanghai Art and Design Academy

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Taonga Tākaro Category

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About Elephant Weight Taumaha Arewhana

Ko Taumaha Arewhana he taonga tākaro mātauranga tuatahi mō te pāngarau, mō ngā tamariki neke atu i te toru tau te pakeke. Ko te hoahoa i ahu mai i te kōrero tuku iho o Haina, ko Cao Chong Weighs the Elephant, e whakamahia ana te whakakapinga ōrite hei ine i tētahi mea nui mā ngā mea iti maha. Kua tuhia ki runga i ia taumaha arewhana iti tōna papatipu, mai i te 5 karama tae atu ki te 100 karama. Ka tukuna he mea ki roto i te poti, ka tohua te taumata tōnga, kātahi ka tāpirihia ngā taumaha kia hoki mai ai te tinana poti ki taua taumata. Ka tāpiritia e ngā tamariki ngā uara kua tohua kia ako ai rātou mō te taumaha me ngā tau.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Elephant Weight Taumaha Arewhana 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 Elephant Weight Taumaha Arewhana 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 Elephant Weight Taumaha Arewhana 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: 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