Drago Dragão de Brinquedo Colecionável by Yuhe (Donna) Chi

Drago Dragão de Brinquedo Colecionável by Yuhe (Donna) Chi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design de Brinquedos, Jogos e Produtos de Hobby Competition Category.

BronzeBrinquedo· 2020

Drago Dragão de Brinquedo Colecionável

by Yuhe (Donna) Chi

Client: Donna Chi

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Brinquedo Category

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The Design

About Drago Dragão de Brinquedo Colecionável

Drago é um dragão de brinquedo colecionável criado para exposição em ambientes internos. Cada figura tem 75 milímetros de altura e inspira-se no antigo dragão chinês, uma criatura que combina traços de peixe, serpente e águia. A coleção inclui seis estilos e doze visuais. Cada peça é modelada digitalmente e impressa em PLA branco com camadas de 0,1 milímetro. Após a impressão, cada figura é polida, recebe uma camada de acabamento por pulverização, é pintada à mão com tintas acrílicas e finalizada com uma nova camada brilhante. O design oferece aos adultos amantes de brinquedos um ornamento decorativo de mesa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Drago Dragão de Brinquedo Colecionável conquistou o A' Design Award de Bronze, um reconhecimento altamente prestigiado atribuído a designs notáveis que se distinguem pela criatividade, engenho e perspicácia. Os vencedores do Bronze são artefactos amplamente habilidosos e surpreendentemente criativos que comprovam a vasta experiência, imaginação e capacidade de iniciativa dos seus designers. Espera-se que Drago Dragão de Brinquedo Colecionável seja um objeto muito considerado, admirado e estimado, notavelmente profissional e inovador. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora as melhores práticas em arte, ciência, design e tecnologia e é excelente pela sua atenção ao detalhe. Drago Dragão de Brinquedo Colecionável satisfaz esplendidamente necessidades, toca desejos, encanta sentimentos e desperta curiosidade.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Dragois a modern collection based on a dragon figure. It was made for interior design and collecting, It is 3 inch in height and all hand-painted. The detailing craftsmanship create a playful sensibility. In this collection, it has six different styles and twelve looks.
Dimensions & Packaging: 75mm x 75mm x 75 mm
Tags: Toy design, collective toy, modern, decoration, pop culture, dragon
Production Technology: Drago is digitally constructed and then used 3D printing method to print. It is printed with white PLA with 0.1mm thick layers. After printed, it had been polished and sprayed with a top coat. All the details were hand-painted with acrylic and then top with another shining coat.
Design Challenge: The key challenge to the product was to create a shape that looks cute and modern. Another challenge is to create a pattern that can perfectly fit in the shape and add playfulness to it, because the shape is irregular and I want to keep the feature of a dragon but also add some interesting pattern in it.
Research: Nowadays there are not much toys designed for adults. I want to design a series of toy that can be collect by modern toy lovers. Modern toy has become an iconic art platform to bring artistry to the public eye, and a fusion of pop-culture and illustration is expected to inject vitality into the modern toy. So I designed a toy that involved in varies color and pattern, I hope this bold design, can be recognizable and evoked people’s love of pop-culture.
Inspiration: Ancient Chinese dragon is a combination of great deals of animals, including fish, snake and eagle. I got my inspiration from this interesting concept. Through mixing and matching of the characteristics that I discovered in the animal world, I created my own dragon. Each Drago have a story to tell.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2019 in New York and finished in May 2019, and was exhibited in New York in May 2019.
Operation Flow: This toy is a whole piece. It can be used for decorating home or use as a beautiful tabletop ornament.
Image Credits: Donna Chi, 2019