Maciej Sokolnicki · CLIENT: Bavvic
Bavvic is a set of creative building blocks for children. The wooden blocks are made from local beech left over from furniture and window production. Sensory silicone connectors interlock the blocks and allow abstract forms to be built. Each block measures 80 by 80 by 7.9 millimetres, and each connector measures 40 by 40 by 8.4 millimetres. The open-ended design supports cognitive and motor skills, spatial imagination, problem solving, decision making and creative thinking. Bavvic is intended to encourage learning through hands-on play for all ages.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Multifunctional, sensory open-ended building blocks that help to engage children in a culture of learning through creative hands-on approach. Meet BAVVIC - Creative Building Blocks, the new product that carries attributes of a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mat) toy and aids in developing interest in education, through geometrical shapes and abstract forms.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The basic dimension of variety of geometrical wooden blocks is 80mm x 80mm x 7.9mm.
Sensory silicon connectors basic dimension is 40mm x 40 mm x 8.4mm - Tags
- creative wooden blocks, building blocks, bavvic, kids toys, steam toys, circular economy, recycled wood, designed by architect
- Production Technology
- Creative wooden blocks are made from leftovers of furniture and windows producation. The basic material is a local beech tree. The second component are sensory silicon connectors. It is a BFA toxic free silicon.
- Design Challenge
- The hardest part of this designing BAVVIC was to find a right wooden elements. BAVVIC blocks are design to create abstract forms by interlock wooden blocks with sensory silicon connectors.
- Project Duration
- Project started in the end of 2020 by a phone call discussion in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Operation Flow
- FUNCTIONALITY
Inclusive: Accessible for all, regardless age, gender, individual differences or additional needs (e.g. sensory disturbance).
Supporting: The toy actively encourages development across various skills, like; cognitive, motoric, spatial imagination, problem solving and decision-making, creative thinking and more!
Engaging : Playing BAVVIC for prolonged periods of time enables focusing on concentration and collaboration.
Intuitive: Children and adults of all ages, will be able to use the toy to its full capacity. - Inspiration
- The project started during the spontanous discussion of two female friends - Maria and Hania about their kids. It turned into idea of doing something together. The basic principal was to do something with the wooden leftovers from the furniture and windows production. Hania's husband is an award winning architect. He accepted the challange. This is how the adventure of creating unique minimalistic toy/building blocks started.
- Image Credits
- BAVVIC
- Patents
- Patented.
Copyrights belong to Maciej Sokolnicki.
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