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Light or Dark بورڊ جي راند by Lan Zhou and Xinlu Yang

Light or Dark بورڊ جي راند by Lan Zhou and Xinlu Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award برونز انعام in رانديون، گيمز ۽ شوقيه شين جو ڊيزائن Competition Category.


برونزراند· 2023

Light or Dark بورڊ جي راند

by Lan Zhou and Xinlu Yang

A' Design Award برونز انعام Winner in راند Category

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The Design

About Light or Dark بورڊ جي راند

لائيٽ يا ڊارڪ هڪ ٻن رانديگرن جي ٻارن جي بورڊ جي راند آهي جيڪا عالمي توانائي جي بحران جي پس منظر ۾ ترتيب ڏني وئي آهي، جنهن ۾ ڪارڊ، ڊائس، ڪلاڪ گلاس، شطرنج بورڊ ۽ ٻيا لاڳاپيل حصا شامل آهن. رانديگرن کي آلودگي جي پکيڙ کي روڪڻ ۽ محدود وقت ۽ توانائي سان نيون انرجي اسٽيشنون ٺاهڻ جو ڪم مڪمل ڪرڻ جي ضرورت آهي. مقصد ٻارن لاءِ وقت جو احساس پيدا ڪرڻ، توجهه ڏيڻ ۽ تعاون ۽ مسئلن جي حل ۾ جامع حڪمت عملي، ۽ بحران جي احساس، تڪڙي جو احساس، مشن جو احساس ۽ مشڪل ۽ دلچسپ راندين ۾ فتح جو احساس پيدا ڪرڻ آهي.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award برونز انعام

Light or Dark بورڊ جي راند A' Design Award برونز انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، تمام گهڻو معزز اعتراف جيڪو تخليقيت، اختراع ۽ ذڪاوت سان ممتاز بهترين ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو. برونز جا کٽيندڙ ڀرپور مهارت واريون ۽ نمايان طور تخليقي شاهڪار آهن، جيڪي پنهنجي ڊيزائنرن جي وسيع تجربي، تخيل ۽ ڏاهپ جي تصديق ڪن ٿيون. Light or Dark بورڊ جي راند کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ تمام گهڻو قدر ڪيل، ساراهيل ۽ پيارو شيءِ هوندو، قابل ذڪر حد تائين پيشه ورانه ۽ جدت وارو. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award برونز انعام کٽيو آهي، فن، سائنس، ڊيزائن ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي ۾ بهترين طريقا شامل ڪري ٿو ۽ ننڍين تفصيلن ڏانهن ڌيان ڏيڻ ڪري شاندار آهي. Light or Dark بورڊ جي راند ضرورتون خوبصورتيءَ سان پوريون ڪري ٿو، خواهشن کي ڇهي ٿو، جذبن کي موهي ٿو ۽ تجسس ڇڪي ٿو.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
A two-player board game based on the background of the world's energy crisis, guides children to complete tasks in a cooperative way under a variety of constraints through various element settings. During the game, children need to look at the overall situation and plan rationally when facing and solving a series of problems. This tests and develops the child's sense of time, concentration and comprehensive strategy.
Dimensions & Packaging
330 mm (w) x 235 mm (d) x 53 mm (h)
Tags
children's board game, educational design, strategy, consideration of reality
Production Technology
The base block of the game board is made of colored beech, and the rest of the components are mainly ABS or PMMA.
Design Challenge
We spend most of our time developing the rules of the game, thinking about how to project the serious and complex energy crisis issues into a children's board game, so that children can experience a sense of crisis, a sense of urgency, a sense of mission and a sense of victory, making the game educational, challenging and fun.
Research
After the preliminary formation of the rules of the game, children over the age of 7 were invited to conduct a playtest. Light or Dark get their feedback on the game design itself and their rich emotional feedback. Some of them won the game by thinking calmly and adjusting their strategies in the face of the tense situation, while others failed in panic. But this also made them realize the necessity of environmental protection, which made the winning and losing of the game equally meaningful.
Inspiration
The problem of energy shortage and environmental pollution has a long history. In 2022, due to the combined effects of multiple factors, the global energy supply and demand was seriously out of balance. While looking for and developing more sustainable alternative energy sources, the concepts of energy saving, emission reduction and sustainable living should also be instilled in everyone's daily life.
Project Duration
The project started in December 2022 in Milan and finished in February 2023 in Milan.
Operation Flow
After randomly drawing a map card and completing the assembly, place the hourglass to start the game. Players need to use limited raw energy to plant trees, withstand storms, control the spread of pollution and complete the task of building new energy stations to win the game. Every time the hourglass lights up, it warns of the spread of pollution, and when the energy stations light up, it means the generation of new energy. Players can get random raw energy supplies by rolling dice, and can also share new energy generated by new energy stations with partner.
Team Members
Designer: Lan Zhou
Designer: Xinlu Yang
Image Credits
Lan Zhou & Xinlu Yang, Light or Dark, 2023

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