Hair Salon Mainan Binatang by Yi-Teng Shih,Vincent Mao and Jay Li

Hair Salon Mainan Binatang by Yi-Teng Shih,Vincent Mao and Jay Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Gangsa in Mainan Competition Category.

GangsaMainan· 2021

Hair Salon Mainan Binatang

by Yi-Teng Shih,Vincent Mao and Jay Li

Client: PolyU Design

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Mainan Category

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The Design

About Hair Salon Mainan Binatang

Tim marancang ampek bentuk binatang nan lucu supayo anak-anak bisa belajar mamahami binatang nan balain-lain dan manciptoan gaya rambuik nan kreatif untuak mangambangan keterampilan karajinan diri mareka. Tim mambuek daera nan leba dari pelat tekan di bawah binatang, supayo anak-anak dapek mangoperasikannyo jo mudah. Anak-anak paralu mamasuakan adonan ka dalam mainan binatang, dan malalui pacitan, rambuik adonan akan tapicit kalua dan dirapikan. Adonan adolah bahan nan bisa dipake baliak. Salain itu, mainan ko cocok untuak dimainkan jo urang lain, seperti kawan-kawan dan orang tuo, dan manciptoan banyak kasenangan jo mambuek rambuik nan lucu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Hair Salon Mainan Binatang adolah pamenang A' Design Award Gangsa, sabuah pangakuan nan sangaik bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan cemerlang nan dicirikan dek kreativitas, kacerdikan jo kabijaksanaan. Pamenang Gangsa adolah karya nan cukuik mahir jo kreatif sacaro mangesankan nan mamastikan pangalaman nan luas, imajinasi jo kacerdikan parancangnyo. Hair Salon Mainan Binatang dipaokan manjadi bando nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan profesional jo inovatif sacaro nampak. Rancangan nan manang Gangsa iko mamuek praktik tabaik dalam seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi jo cemerlang dalam parhatian ka rincian. Hair Salon Mainan Binatang mamanuhi kaparluan jo elok, manyantuah karinduan, mamikaik parasaan jo manarik raso ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The unique properties are to make children become dough hairdressers giving full play to their creativity to design different hair styles for animals. It is very important to cultivate children's hands-on skills. It is hoped that through the process of making animal hairstyles, the six abilities of children can be improved: creativity, concentration, cognition, logic, aesthetics and expression. Trying to make animal hairstyles is an experimental process and kids can play together.
Dimensions & Packaging: 10cm x 8cm x 5cm for each animal size.
Tags: Dough, animal hair design, Series design, sustainable toy, hands-on skill
Production Technology: The material of this toy is plastic and is made by injection molding.
Design Challenge: Taking leading the growth of children's aesthetics as the project mission, the toy that integrates art (Art), games (Play) and imagination (Think), and is committed to children's aesthetic toys and aesthetic education. In order to reduce fixation of children thinking, we designed four cute animal shapes. For example, children can dress the sheep toy into ewe, ram or punk sheep, so that they can freely create their own style for the toy.
Research: Dough is a material that is easy to shape; however, children need to create artifacts from scratch. This may make some children less motivated to play the dough. To solve this problem, we designed four cute animal shapes so children can learn to understand different animals and creative different hair styles for them to develop their own craft skills.
Inspiration: It is very important to cultivate children's hands-on skills. Children can dress the sheep toy into ewe, ram or punk sheep, so that they can freely create their own style for the toy. The toy is suitable for playing with other people, such as friends and parents, and creates a lot of fun by making funny hair. The dough can be reused and does not require electricity, so it is a sustainable toy.
Project Duration: Duration: January 2019 to January 2021.
Location: Hong Kong and Ningbo.
Operation Flow: Since this is a new toy launched, it has already received some good responses. “My son usually gets bored after playing with toys a few times. But this dough salon toy, he can play again and again, especially during epidemics.” Children need to put the dough in the animal toy, and through squeezing, the hair will be squeezed out. Dough is a material that can be reused. The dough will dry out after a period of use, but just add a little water to restore its original elasticity. This reuse material will benefit both users and environment.
Team Members: PolyU Design: Dr Yi-Teng Shih
Ningbo MiroKids Toys Co.,Ltd: Mr Vincent Mao
Mr Jay Li
Ms Gana Xu
Image Credits: Mr Vincent Mao, Dr Yi-Teng Shih, Mr Jay Li, Ms Gana Xu