Blocs Intummy Igikinisho Cyo Kwiga Gikinisha by Nien Tzu, Yu Ling, Wei Jia and Chia Yi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma in Igishushanyo cy'Ibikinisho Competition Category.
IcyumaIbikinisho· 2022
Blocs Intummy Igikinisho Cyo Kwiga Gikinisha
by Nien Tzu, Yu Ling, Wei Jia and Chia Yi
Client: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Deparment
Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma Winner in Ibikinisho Category
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About Blocs Intummy Igikinisho Cyo Kwiga Gikinisha
Ibibyimba byo munda byashyizweho kugirango bigaragaze igitekerezo cyuko buriwese ashobora kubona ibiryo byiza kandi bihagije. Intego nyamukuru nukwigisha abana batarajya mumashuri kubyerekeye inzara, no kwiga gusangira no kongera ubumenyi bwabo kubibazo byibura. Ibiryo bya geometrike birashobora gusaranganywa mubana kugirango buzuze igifu cyubusa cyibipupe, kiyobowe nigitabo cyinkuru yerekana amashusho, kugirango bongere ubumenyi bwo kugabana ibiryo no guha agaciro ibiryo.
The Recognition
About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma
Blocs Intummy Igikinisho Cyo Kwiga Gikinisha ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma, ishimwe ry'agaciro ritangwa ku bishushanyo byiza bihuza ibyo umwuga n'inganda bikeneye ku bihangano byashushanyijwe neza. Abegukanye icyuma bagaragaza ubuhanga bukomeye, ubumenyi bwihariye, imyumvire y'inzobere n'ubushobozi bwo guhanga bw'ababikoze. Blocs Intummy Igikinisho Cyo Kwiga Gikinisha biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifatika kandi gifite udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye icyuma gihuza uburyo bwiza bukoreshwa mu nganda kandi gifite ibiranga bya tekiniki bifite ubushobozi, bifatanye n'ubumenyi n'impano. Blocs Intummy Igikinisho Cyo Kwiga Gikinisha yubahwa kubera gukora neza, kandi yashushanyijwe kugira ngo inoze ubuzima, ifashe gutuma isi iba nziza.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Blocs in tummy was created to convey the concept that everyone has access to safe and adequate food which conform to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals SDGs no.2, zero hunger. The main purpose is to educate preschool children about hunger, and learn to share and increase their awareness on food shortage. It is hoped that preschool children can be inspired by playing with this innovative set of educational toys . Geometrical food blocks can be share among children to fill into the dolls with empty stomach, guided by an illustration story book, to enhance the cognition of food sharing and food cherish.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimension:Each doll Height270mm x Width190mm x Thickness65mm
- Tags
- Children's educational toys, human rights, hunger, independent sharing, balanced diet
- Production Technology
- Material: wood, cotton fabric, cotton
Production technology: hand-sewn, hand-cutting
Surface coating: natural wood wax oil on the paint surface - Design Challenge
- To integrate the profound issues into the language of design, and to seek guidance from the early childhood education profession and tailor, to understand information on pre-primary education and commercial safety products, and to make a set of children's teaching toys which break through traditional education and have long-range planning.
- Research
- Research type: How to transform abstract concepts into design language, early childhood education, cognitive psychology, heuristic education.
Research goal: Inspire awareness of hunger, learn to share and increase knowledge of food.
Research methods: type analysis, material analysis, toy type and size analysis, color analysis, cognitive psychology, children psychology, children’s picture book presentation, early childhood education learning goals.
Data collection: 3-6 year old children's toy market survey, children's toy analysis, children's cognitive development, toy safety regulations data.
Research tools: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe photoshop - Inspiration
- According to the SDGs no.2 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the elimination of hunger, everyone has the right to have safe and adequate food, but observations show that there is still a problem of uneven distribution of food and insufficient nutrition in society.
- Project Duration
- The project started in July 2021 and was completed in Tainan, Taiwan in March 2022. First debut in Young Designer Exhibition (Yodex) June 2022 in Taipei World Trade Center NanGang Exhibition Hall.
- Operation Flow
- This is an educational toy with dolls and building blocks as the starting point. Through observation and assembly, from knowing different food dolls to increasing knowledge of food, and with the guidance and correspondence of story and picture books, children can play in the context; in the process of hunger, children can feel the importance of balanced nutrition and learn to share on their own.
- Team Members
- Instructor: ChungSheng Chen
Designer: NienTzu Chang
Designer: YuLing Tsai
Designer: WeiJia Gong
Designer: ChiaYi Hung
Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department - Image Credits
- NienTzu Chang
YuLing Tsai
WeiJia Gong
ChiaYi Hung
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