Werkelkueche Joguet by Christine Oehme is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Aur in Productes per Nòirissons Competition Category.
AurProductes per Nòirissons· 2021
Werkelkueche Joguet
Client: Christine Oehme
A' Design Award d'Aur Winner in Productes per Nòirissons Category
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About Werkelkueche Joguet
La Werkelkueche es una estacion d'activitat dubèrta a totes los gèneres que permet als enfants de se mergir dins de mons de jòc liure. Combina las caracteristicas formalas e esteticas de las cuinetas per enfants e dels bancs de trabalh. Per consequent, la Werkelkueche oferís de possibilitats diversas de jogar. Lo plan de trabalh en contraplaquat corbat pòt èsser utilizat coma un aigièr, un atelier o una pista d'esquí. Los compartiments laterals pòdon provesir d'espaci d'emmagazinatge e d'escondiment o coser de panets crocants. Amb l'ajuda de las aisinas coloradas e intercangiables, los enfants pòdon realizar lors idèas e imitar lo món dels adults d'una manièra jogaira.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award d'Aur
Werkelkueche Joguet a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award d'Aur, una reconeissença immensament prestigiosa acordada a de designs de primièra qualitat, meravilhoses e excellents. Los ganhaires de l'Aur son de creacions extrèmament innovantas, visionàrias e esbleugissentas, que reflectisson lo prodigi, la sabença e la proeça de lors designers. S'espèra que Werkelkueche Joguet siá una invencion fòrça lausada, que dintra de tendéncias e monumentala, que provesís un valor sens precedent. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award d'Aur es un projècte espectaclós e respectat, que fa un grand ben e fa avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. Werkelkueche Joguet crea de sentiments intensos de desirs, evòca la passion, encoratja la creativitat e fascina.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The ”Werkelkueche” is a gender-open activity workstation for children. It combines the formal and aesthetic features of children's kitchens and workbenches and thus opens up playful possibilities that are beyond gender stereotypes. The curved worktop can be a sink and a ski slope. The side compartments offer storage space or can bake crispy rolls. The interchangeable tools allow children to realize their ideas and imitate the adult world.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 710mmx440mm780mm
- Tags
- children, kids, toy, gendersensitiv, kitchen, workbench, play, moulded wood, sheet steel
- Production Technology
- The worktop of the ”Werkelkueche” is made of thermally deformable birch plywood from UPM. This material allowed me to give the rigid wood a soft, deep groove. This material is in optical and haptic contrast to the powder-coated sheet steel on the front and rear walls.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge in the conceptual work was the fusion of existing toys and their design opposites. I wanted to make a design that was recognizable and at the same time completely new. From a technical point of view, the thermal deformation of the birch plywood was a particular challenge. After several weeks of experimentation, I had found the right bend angle and also a way to connect this countertop to the rest of the pieces.
- Research
- Expert interviews and surveys with parents, the influence of gender in children's worlds, five qualitative interviews with educators and leaders, survey with over 900 individual answers, gender plays a subordinate role in children themselves up to the age of three, but from the point of pregnancy a clear distinction is made between male and female through the social environment, clothing and objects, parents want more so-called gender-neutral things
- Inspiration
- The world of children is actually colorful, loud and diverse. But this children's world is often divided into gender stereotypical roles: the clothes are either pink or blue, in the toy department mystical fighting ninjas ”for boys” and cute dolls ”for girls” are sold. This suggests to even the youngest children what social images and expectations are placed on girls or boys.
- Project Duration
- The project started in June 2020 with extensive research with parents and social workers. I developed the Werkelkueche as part of my bachelor thesis at the Berlin University of the Arts. The project was completed in December 2020.
- Operation Flow
- The ”Werkelkueche” is an open-ended, intuitive play space for children. There the world of adults can be imitated in a playful way, conflicts can be negotiated and security gained: Who am I and how does it feel to slip into another role? These experiences are an essential part of the child’s self-identity.
- Patents
- Registered Design. No. 402020204285-0001. Christine Oehme. 2021
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Manuel Meinhardt, Werkelkueche, 2020
Image #2: Manuel Meinhardt, Werkelkueche, 2020
Image #3: Manuel Meinhardt, Werkelkueche, 2020
Image #4: Manuel Meinhardt, Werkelkueche, 2020
Image #5: Manuel Meinhardt, Werkelkueche, 2020
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