Habitat Ikoranabuhanga ry'Amatafari y'Umukino w'Uburezi by Jia Xin, Wei Chi and Yu Chieh

Habitat Ikoranabuhanga ry'Amatafari y'Umukino w'Uburezi by Jia Xin, Wei Chi and Yu Chieh is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Igishushanyo cy'Ibikinisho Competition Category.

BuronzeIbikinisho· 2023

Habitat Ikoranabuhanga ry'Amatafari y'Umukino w'Uburezi

by Jia Xin, Wei Chi and Yu Chieh

Client: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Deparment

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze Winner in Ibikinisho Category

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The Design

About Habitat Ikoranabuhanga ry'Amatafari y'Umukino w'Uburezi

Habitat ni agakoresho k'amatafari y'umukino agenewe uburezi bw'abana bato bo mu myaka ibanziriza amashuri. Amatafari agaragaza uburyo imihindagurikire y'ikirere yangiza ibidukikije, agatera abana kumenya hakiri kare akamaro ko kubungabunga ibidukikije. Harimo ibihe bibiri: urubura rushonga n'ishyamba ryasenywe. Abana bashaka ibibazo, bagasubiramo kubaka ibidukikije bakanasubiza inyamaswa mu buturo bwazo busanzwe. Amatafari akorwa mu bikorwa by'ubwoko bw'igishishwa cy'igiti cya kori, bityo nta giti gitemwa mu gukora iyi mikino. Ikori ni ikintu kidafata amashanyarazi maremare kandi kirinda umukungugu. Impinduka zigenda zisimburana mu miterere n'amabara zituma amatafari ashobora gushyirwaho mu buryo butagira imbibi zagenwe.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze

Habitat Ikoranabuhanga ry'Amatafari y'Umukino w'Uburezi ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo by'indashyikirwa birangwa no guhanga, ubwenge n'ubushishozi. Abegukanye Buronze ni ibihangano bifite ubuhanga bwinshi kandi bihanga cyane, bishimangira uburambe, ubwenge n'ubushobozi bw'ababihanze. Habitat Ikoranabuhanga ry'Amatafari y'Umukino w'Uburezi biteganyijwe ko izaba ikintu cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifite ubunyamwuga n'udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Buronze gikoresha uburyo bwiza mu buhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga kandi kirarenze mu gutaha ku tuntu duto. Habitat Ikoranabuhanga ry'Amatafari y'Umukino w'Uburezi ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Habitat, the toy bricks was designated to convey the concept of climate change cause damage to ecosystem and inspire children's awareness of ecological protection and to educate preschool children about climate action. Made of Spanish cork bark material which is no trees were chop down for the sake of production, is antistatic that avoid dust adhere, prevent children from asthma and allergies. Made up of gradients of shape and colors, open-ended stackable toy brick in natural habitat scenario.
Dimensions & Packaging: Materials: Cork, Latex Paint, Paper
Dimension:
Glacier/ each cork brick size from Length 30 cm x Width 23cm x Height 3cm to Length 7cm x Width 3cm x Height 3cm.
Forest: each cork brick size from Length 20cm x Width 11cm x Height 5cm to length 4cm x width 2.5cm x height 3cm. playground map: length 42cm x width 59.4cm , Flash card: length 29.7cm x width 42cm
Tags: Habitat, Climate Change, Climate Action, Toy Brick, SDGs, Educational, Cork Wood, Ecosystem
Production Technology: Material: Cork wood, paper. Production: laser cutting, flat output, manual coloring. Surface treatment: Use latex paint to color, retain the cork surface texture.
Design Challenge: Because cork wood is made up of broken pieces, it will be uneven and need to be re-finished by hand, and because of the small size of the cork, the final size can be easily broken.
Research: Research Type: Team Teaching - Science, Art, Mathematics
Objective: To learn and understand the effects of climate change and the habits of daily life
Methods:To collect the causes, effects, mitigation and adaptation measures of climate change.Based on the analysis of commercial toys, this paper classifies the suitable play methods for children's age development, and analyzes the quality of toys, aiming at sustainable materials.A questionnaire was designed to investigate the environmental problems and improve the environment of children by interviewing with teachers.
Data collection: climate change-related data analysis, 3-6 years old teaching toy market analysis, mass lifestyle analysis, early childhood teachers' opinions analysis.
Research tools: Rhinoceros 3D, Solidworks, Adobe Illustrator, procreate.
Inspiration: According to the United Nation called for Sustainable Development Goals, two climate change issues namely the melting of arctic glaciers and over-deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, it brings out the seriousness of ecological damage cause by human, eventually global temperature rise, starvation, extinction of species. Let children learn and understand the effects of climate change to daily life, to develop their environmental concerns and habits from an early age education see its urgency.
Project Duration: The project began in August 2022 and was completed in Tainan, Taiwan in March 2023.
Operation Flow: The children were asked to find out the problems and make ecological restoration. After assembling and constructing the environmental components, the animals could be put back into their ecological state. Through conceptual guidance and practical implementation, children can remember more deeply.
Team Members: Instructor: ChungSheng Chen
Designer: JiaXin Lin
Designer: WeiChi Hsieh
Designer: YuChieh Wang
Designer: WeiCheng Wang
Tainan University of Technology Product Design Dept.
Image Credits: Image#1~#5: JiaXin Lin, WeiChi Hsieh, YuChieh Wang, WeiCheng Wang, 2023.