The Curious Gastronaut Funksioni Kryesor: Lojë Letrash by Nalisha Chouraria is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Çmimi i Hekurt A' Design Award in Dizajni i Lodrave, Lojërave dhe Produkteve të Hobit Competition Category.
HekuriLodër· 2020
The Curious Gastronaut Funksioni Kryesor: Lojë Letrash
Client: Nalisha Chouraria
Çmimi i Hekurt A' Design Award Winner in Lodër Category
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About The Curious Gastronaut Funksioni Kryesor: Lojë Letrash
Teksti i Librit: The Curious Gastronaut është një lojë letrash që fton fëmijët dhe familjet të eksplorojnë ushqimin përmes lojës. Duke ndjekur udhëzimet në kartat e ilustruara, lojtarët mbledhin përbërës, i kombinojnë ato në eksperimente të vogla të ngrënshme, i emërtojnë dhe i shqyrtojnë ato me të gjitha pesë shqisat. Receta dhe reagimet vlerësohen dhe regjistrohen më pas. Loja mund të luhet me ushqim të vërtetë ose thjesht përmes imagjinatës, në mënyrë individuale, bashkëpunuese ose konkurruese. Nuk përmendet asnjë pjatë specifike, kështu që lojtarët shpikin gjithçka nga e para. Kutia kompakte i përshtatet duarve të vogla dhe udhëtimeve.
The Recognition
About the Çmimi i Hekurt A' Design Award
The Curious Gastronaut Funksioni Kryesor: Lojë Letrash është fitues i Çmimit të Hekurt A' Design Award, një njohje prestigjioze që u akordohet dizajneve të mira që plotësojnë kërkesat profesionale e industriale që priten nga krijimet e dizajnuara mirë. Fituesit e Hekurt shfaqin aftësi të madhe, specializim të lartë, kuptim ekspert dhe kapacitet krijues të autorëve të tyre. The Curious Gastronaut Funksioni Kryesor: Lojë Letrash pritet të jetë një krijim shumë i vlerësuar, i admiruar e i dashur, praktik dhe inovativ. Ky dizajn fitues i Çmimit të Hekurt A' Design Award integron praktikat më të mira të industrisë dhe ka karakteristika teknike të afta, të lidhura me njohuri dhe talent. The Curious Gastronaut Funksioni Kryesor: Lojë Letrash respektohet për përpikërinë e tij dhe është dizajnuar për të ofruar përmirësime të cilësisë së jetës që ndihmojnë ta bëjnë botën një vend më të mirë.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Explore the exciting world of food using the imagination, bite-size edible experiments & all 5 senses. Play with real food or without, the goal is to discover flavours, textures & combos that are out of this world! It inspires children & our inner child to be brave & curious, reinvents how families eat & encourages playful exploration beyond the game. Uniquely, it makes no mention of food items, & encourages players to reimagine food & experiment from ground up rather than from existing recipes
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Packaging (Box with a slip on lid): 120 x 170 x 50mm, 55x Ingredient Cards: 96mm, 4x Book of Curious Recipes (12 pages): 110 x 160mm, 1x Gameplay Handbook (12 pages): 110 x 160mm, 1x Gastronaut's Guide Card (double-sided): 85 x 120mm
- Tags
- Children's Design, Play, Kids, Imagination, Creative, Game, Interactive, Food, Family, Education
- Production Technology
- The game manifested into a physical card game perfect for collaborative play with potential for digitisation. It infuses play with dining in a natural way without becoming a distraction. It is portable and perfectly sized for little hands. The prompts are whimsical & humorous, the visuals - gender neutral & simplistic but not childish, with the intention to stimulate the imagination and trigger joy & curiosity. It's open-endedness allows for multi use, endless interpretations & high playability
- Design Challenge
- The project required all-round skills in design, illustration, writing and knowledge in play, child culture, food education, etc which I was able to build and improve through research and playtesting. Inspiring ongoing exploration while also motivating busy adults to play were additional challenges, which I overcame by introducing features like unlocking and journey maps, and by simplifying the gameplay into short, simple sessions.
- Research
- Using exploratory research, the objective was to foster healthy food relationships in children, through play. Methodologies include surveys & secondary source research. Data collected informed research tools, namely participatory experiments (observed workshops & self-reported trials). The results indicate that gamifying food is beneficial. Insight into the transformative nature of play suggests that it warrants further research. The effect overall is a whimsical food-exploration game
- Inspiration
- Kids can be suspicious of new food & often categorize it as 'yuck' even before trying it. Many foods remain unexplored & mealtimes are reduced to mundane chores. Kids use curiosity & play to explore the world so why not use it to explore the food world? The game is a culmination of my passion for food & specialisation in Children's Design. By bringing the benefits of play to the table, I wanted to inspire kids to be curious & take the first bite to possibly be rewarded with a surprising discovery
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2015 in Gothenburg, Sweden and finished in January 2020 in Gold Coast, Australia. It was exhibited at HDK Academy for Design & Art in 2015 and was awarded best thesis project
- Operation Flow
- Following the prompts on beautifully illustrated cards, players use their imagination to gather ingredients, creatively combine them to create weird & wonderful bite-size edible experiments, name them & explore them together using all five senses. Finally, they rate and record their recipes & experiences. One can play with real food or imaginatively, with or without cooking and choose from solo, collaborative & competitive modes, to discover the exciting edible world on their own terms
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