Tetra Ko Nga Tohu Tae Honohono by Himanshu Shekhar Soni

Tetra Ko Nga Tohu Tae Honohono by Himanshu Shekhar Soni is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Taonga Tākaro, Kēmu me ngā Hua Runaruna Competition Category.

RinoTaonga Tākaro· 2018

Tetra Ko Nga Tohu Tae Honohono

by Himanshu Shekhar Soni

Client: Himanshu Soni

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Taonga Tākaro Category

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The Design

About Tetra Ko Nga Tohu Tae Honohono

Ko Tetra tetahi tohu taakaha ngahau me nga taonga taakaro whakahoahoa mo nga tamariki me te whakaaro ki te tohu tetra ehara i te akiaki anake i nga tamariki kia mahi auaha engari akiaki i a raatau ki te whakamahi i te tohu kaare atu i te tuku noa i enei ki roto i te paraihe i muri i te maroke o te mangumangu ma tenei ka awhina tenei whakawhanake nga tamariki me te whakatairanga i te mohio ki te whakamahi i waenga i a ratou. Ko te ahua o te potae tetra ka ngawari te pana me te kukume mai. Ka taea e nga tamariki te whakakotahi i ia peera me te peera pene ki te hanga i tetahi ahua me te torotoro ki te hanga i tetahi ahua hou.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Tetra Ko Nga Tohu Tae Honohono 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 Tetra Ko Nga Tohu Tae Honohono 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 Tetra Ko Nga Tohu Tae Honohono 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

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Tetra is an amusing color marker with interactive building toys for kids. It’s made of interesting shape and combined form to create an opportunity for creativity extends beyond the page. The shape of a simple compound makes it easy to press and pull out. Also, kids can put each compound together to form a shape and explore to build the new shape like a geometric shape, animal, flower, abstract shape etc. And it’s up to their Imagination bend the rule and come up with new structures.
Dimensions & Packaging: Tetra Cap: Height 55mm X Length 28mm X Width 28mm
Tetra Barrel: Height 128mm x Dia 9mm
Tags: Kids, Play, Color, Creative, Fun, Behavioral, Social Skill, Block puzzle
Production Technology: Tetra markers are made of HDPE plastic and injection molded part.
Design Challenge: The first challenge was to understand how to encourage children to develop social skill through a product. The second challenge was designing this cap product’s functionality as a toy to create abstract and beautiful shapes by connecting the same shape.
Research: The initial stage of online and market research showed a lack of new children stationary or toys which engage and positively impact children behavior and social skill. The next stage of research was performed on different toys which encourages interaction and helps develop social skills. I look to repurposing of the Tetra Marker cap to not only encourage children to be creative, but to encourage children to think about reuse rather than simply discarding these into the trash after ink dried up and I want to create a new paradigm for children’s products that encourage unique new behavior and a productive afterlife for the product.
Inspiration: The main inspiration for tetra markers to not only encourage children to be creative but also encourage them to think about reuse the marker pens instead of it being thrown away after ink dried up and this will help children to develop social skill and raise awareness of reuse among them starting at small ages and collecting the pens for children to play with them will have an important and enhancing role on the consumer preference.
Project Duration: The Tetra color marker concept started in Jan 2018 in Noida, India and finished in March 2018.
Operation Flow: The shape of a tetra cap makes it easy to press and pull out. Also, kids can put each cap and pen barrel together through the snap-fit to foam a shape and explore imaginative crafts.
Team Members: One