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Little Locksmith Mały Ślusarz by Qiongzhi Qian, Yibo Dai and Linling Shi

Little Locksmith Mały Ślusarz by Qiongzhi Qian, Yibo Dai and Linling Shi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award in Wzornictwo Zabawek, Gier i Produktów Hobbystycznych Competition Category.


ŻelaznaZabawki· 2022

Little Locksmith Mały Ślusarz

by Qiongzhi Qian, Yibo Dai and Linling Shi

Client: Ningbo Giant Tiger Co., Ltd

Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award Winner in Zabawki Category

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The Design

About Little Locksmith Mały Ślusarz

Mały Ślusarz to drewniana zabawka edukacyjna dla małych dzieci. Zabawka łączy w sobie pięć zestawów kluczy i zamków, z których każdy ma inny motyw tematyczny: zwierzęta, owoce, pogodę, życie morskie i pojazdy. Każdy cylinder zamka pasuje tylko do jednego klucza, dzięki czemu dzieci ćwiczą rozpoznawanie kształtów i kolorów. Każdy korpus zamka posiada dwa okienka. Górne okienko przedstawia przedmioty związane z danym motywem, a dolne okienko pokazuje pasującą scenę, która zmienia się po obróceniu kółka. Pięć książeczek obrazkowych wspiera opowiadanie historii, a zamki można powiesić na ścianie w celu przechowywania.

The Recognition

About the Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award

Little Locksmith Mały Ślusarz to laureat Żelaznej Nagrody A' Design Award, prestiżowego wyróżnienia przyznawanego dobrym projektom, które spełniają zawodowe i przemysłowe wymagania oczekiwane od dobrze zaprojektowanych dzieł. Laureaci Żelaznej Nagrody wykazują wielką biegłość, wysoką specjalizację, fachowe zrozumienie i zdolności twórcze ich autorów. Little Locksmith Mały Ślusarz ma być wysoko cenionym, podziwianym i drogim sercu dziełem, które jest praktyczne i innowacyjne. Ten projekt nagrodzony Żelazną Nagrodą A' Design Award integruje najlepsze praktyki branżowe i ma kompetentne cechy techniczne powiązane z wiedzą fachową i talentem. Dzięki starannemu wykonaniu Little Locksmith Mały Ślusarz cieszy się szacunkiem, a jego zadaniem jest zapewnianie poprawy jakości życia, która pomaga uczynić świat lepszym miejscem.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
This is an industry-leading wooden educational toy with the combination of five sets of key and lock about different themes. It can not only provide interactive fun for parents and children, but also meet the requirements of children's multiple cognitive training, so as to develop and cultivate their imagination and manipulative ability. Besides, its exquisite appearances can help children understand the world more accurately.
Dimensions & Packaging
This product is cleverly designed with distinct animal-related elements at the lock handle, which is consistent with the cute animal shape on the key. The choice of bright colors is matched with contrasting color design, which not only attracts children's attention, but also integrates various cognitive exercises to save users' purchase costs.
Tags
Toy for kids
Production Technology
It fully combines cognition training and storytelling: the body of each lock has two windows that can be opened, the top window is the objects about the theme, and the bottom window is corresponding scene. For example, a snowflake and snowmen are on the top, while scenes of making snowmen are on the bottom.
Design Challenge
More importantly, the appearance of lock can be hung on the wall to perfectly blend into the indoor environment, which is also easy to store in daily life, bringing users a caring experience.
Research
Reference to children cognitive science
Inspiration
This product is inspired by key-switch: the five lock cylinders match keys of different shapes and colors, only the correct key can open it, which helps with the shape and color recognition of children. What's more, the five locks correspond to cognition of animals, fruits, weather, marine life and vehicles, including cognitive exercises for children under 3 years old, which can effectively enlighten and exercise their coordination ability of eye and hand.
Project Duration
The project finished in August 2021 in China
Operation Flow
In addition, parents can display different scenes by turning the scroll wheel in the bottom window, so that they can lead their children to find and identify the designated objects in the scene, and also tell them various interesting stories according to five attached picture-books.
Team Members
Qiongzhi Qian
Yibo Dai
Linling Shi

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