Hanzi Storytelling Box بلاڪ رانديڪا by Jiayu Yao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award لوهه انعام in تعليم، تدريسي مدد ۽ تربيتي مواد ڊيزائن Competition Category.
لوههتعليم· 2023
Hanzi Storytelling Box بلاڪ رانديڪا
by Jiayu Yao
Client: Zhejiang University
A' Design Award لوهه انعام Winner in تعليم Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #149040The Design
About Hanzi Storytelling Box بلاڪ رانديڪا
Hanzi Storytelling Box هڪ جديد رانديڪن جو بلاڪ آهي جيڪو چيني ڪردارن کي سکڻ کي مزيدار ۽ ننڍڙن ٻارن لاءِ دلچسپ بڻائي ٿو. اهو ڪردارن جي تصويري نوعيت کي استعمال ڪري ٿو، بصري ۽ ٻڌڻ واري عناصر سان گڏ، سکندڙن کي انهن کي سڃاڻڻ ۽ ياد رکڻ ۾ مدد ڏيڻ لاء. گڏوگڏ ايپ اضافي سکيا جا وسيلا مهيا ڪري ٿي، جهڙوڪ لفظ، جملا، لکڻ جي اسٽروڪ، ۽ ايسوسيئيٽو ڊرائنگ، ٻار پڻ بلاڪ تي اپلوڊ ڪرڻ لاءِ پنهنجون چيني ڪردار جون ڪهاڻيون رڪارڊ ڪري سگهن ٿا.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award لوهه انعام
Hanzi Storytelling Box بلاڪ رانديڪا A' Design Award لوهه انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، معزز اعتراف جيڪو انهن سٺين ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو جيڪي چڱيءَ طرح ڊزائين ڪيل تخليقن کان متوقع پيشه ورانه ۽ صنعتي گهرجون پوريون ڪن ٿيون. لوهه جا کٽيندڙ پنهنجي خالقن جي وڏي مهارت، اعليٰ ماهري، ماهرانه سمجھ ۽ تخليقي صلاحيت ڏيکارين ٿا. Hanzi Storytelling Box بلاڪ رانديڪا کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ تمام گهڻو قدر ڪيل، ساراهيل ۽ پياري تخليق هوندو جيڪو عملي ۽ جدت وارو آهي. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award لوهه انعام کٽيو آهي، صنعت جا بهترين طريقا گڏ ڪري ٿو ۽ علم ۽ صلاحيت سان ڳنڍيل قابل ٽيڪنيڪل خاصيتون رکي ٿو. Hanzi Storytelling Box بلاڪ رانديڪا جي سنجيدگيءَ ڪري عزت ڪئي وڃي ٿي ۽ اهو زندگيءَ جي معيار ۾ بهتري آڻڻ لاءِ ٺاهيل آهي جيڪا دنيا کي بهتر جڳهه بڻائڻ ۾ مدد ڪري ٿي.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Hanzi Storytelling Box is a meaningful block toy that supports young children to engage with Chinese characters in a more friendly way. The toy kit uses the pictographic nature of characters, blending visual and auditory to help learners recognize and remember them. The toy divides characters into three categories by theme: nature (yellow), people (blue), and artifacts (red). Young children are encouraged to appreciate the beauty of Chinese characters, explore their mysteries, and find learning fun and engaging.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Chinese character module: 50mm*50mm*6mm and 70mm*70mm*6mm Speech recognition module: 140mm*140mm*70mm Specifications: LED, Speaker, RFID Tag and Reader, Button, Battery
- Tags
- Education, Young children, Block toy, Chinese characters, Electronic toys
- Production Technology
- TECHNOLOGY: UX design process, Rhinoceros, Keyshot, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Arduino, Electronic circuit technology MATERIALS: Wooden
- Design Challenge
- The first challenge was to categorize and classify the Chinese characters that preschoolers need to learn. The toy divided these characters into three categories based on their meanings and used different colors to show the distinction. The second challenge was to visualize the characters by creating easy-to-understand patterns that fit their meanings. To do this, the toy described the meaning of each character through a one-sentence story in relation to its pattern.
- Research
- By combining Montessori's sensitive period for senses and Piaget's constructivism theories, and conducting a user study with children aged 3-6 years, the toy uses common objects in daily life as visual representations of Chinese characters. The existing knowledge of the children was utilized to assimilate new knowledge of Chinese characters. The radicals are key to learning Chinese characters, and the Hanzi Storytelling Box allows for free combinations between radical blocks to form different Chinese characters with clear visual elements that present the role of different radicals in the overall Chinese character.
- Inspiration
- Children often consider Chinese characters to be complex, boring, and irregular, which leads to children's anxiety about learning Chinese characters. By analyzing the cognitive characteristics, age characteristics, and literacy rules of lower-grade students, the Hanzi Storytelling Box is designed based on the "child-oriented" design principle.
- Project Duration
- The project started in March 2022 and finished in October 2022 in Ningbo.
- Operation Flow
- First, the child can freely play with the character blocks. They can place a single block or combine two blocks to form a specific character on the Storytelling Box. After pushing the box button, the description of the Chinese characters and the related fable will be broadcasted by the box. Secondly, the accompanying app allows users to record their own Chinese character stories and play them with the physical toy. The app also provides additional learning resources, such as words, sentences, writing strokes, associative drawing, and review. These resources can help children learn Chinese characters holistically and easily.
- Team Members
- Jiayu Yao
Jing Zhang
Jiayi Ma
Yuqi Zhang
Weijia Lin
Sheng Yang
Shuyue Feng
Cheng Yao - Image Credits
- Jiayu Yao、Jiayi Ma、Jing Zhang，2022
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