Superhero Buka e Tsohang (Pop-up Book) by Can Zhu

Superhero Buka e Tsohang (Pop-up Book) by Can Zhu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Thuto, Dithuso tsa ho Ruta le Dikahare tsa Koetliso Competition Category.

TšepeThuto· 2022

Superhero Buka e Tsohang (Pop-up Book)

by Can Zhu

Client: Zhejiang University

Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award Winner in Thuto Category

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The Design

About Superhero Buka e Tsohang (Pop-up Book)

Mongolo oa Buka: Superhero ke buka e tsohang e etselitsoeng ho ruta bana ba banyenyane ka Covid-19. Buka e phetela pale eo ho eona lisele tsa 'mele tse loantšang mafu li nka karolo joalo ka li-superhero 'me li loana le lisenyi tse emelang li-virus. Meaho ea pampiri e tsohang e kopantsoe le meleko e menyenyane ea elektroniki, kahoo leqephe ka leng le fana ka maikutlo a bonoang, a utloahalang ka menoana le a utloahalang ka litsebe. Bana ba sutumetsa, ba hula, ba pota-pota, ba tobetsa le ho sisinya likarolo tsa pampiri ho latela pale. Ho sebelisoa mochine oa laser ho seha likarolo tsa pampiri, 'me terama ea koporo e hokahanya li-sensor tse patiloeng. Buka ena e etsa hore tsebo ea saense e sa bonahaleng e utloisisehe habonolo.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award

Superhero Buka e Tsohang (Pop-up Book) ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang e fuoang meralo e metle e finyellang litlhoko tsa porofeshenale le tsa indasteri tse lebelletsoeng ho lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse entsoeng hantle. Bahapi ba Tšepe ba bontša bokhoni bo boholo, bokhethehi bo phahameng, kutloisiso ea litsebi le bokhoni ba boqapi ba baqapi ba bona. Superhero Buka e Tsohang (Pop-up Book) e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlahisitsoeng e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e sebetsang le e nang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa ea indasteri mme o na le litšobotsi tsa theknoloji tse nang le bokhoni tse amanang le tsebo le talenta. Ka lebaka la botlalo ba eona, Superhero Buka e Tsohang (Pop-up Book) e tšoanelehela tlhompho mme e entsoe ho fana ka ntlafatso ea bophelo e thusang ho etsa hore lefatše le be sebaka se molemo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Superhero is a pop-up book for multi-sensory interactions, which is designed to publicize COVID-19-related knowledge among children. It tells how immune cells fight against viruses and protect our health through a vivid story about superheroes fighting monsters. A new form of combining pop-up paper books with electronic circuits was proposed to help children better understand abstract scientific knowledge through an audible, visual, touchable and interactive way.
Dimensions & Packaging: 260mm x 225mm x 50 mm
Tags: Education, Popular science, Childrenbook, Popupbook, Young children, COVID-19
Production Technology: Laser cutting is used for rapid production iterations of paper parts. The structure of paper to hide the thin electronic components (such as pressure sensor, photosensitive sensor, magnetic sensor, etc.). These electronic components are connected by copper tape.
Design Challenge: Paper structure stability，Circuit stability on paper
Research: The researchers conducted usability test on the first version of the product to verify the usability, interest and effectiveness of the book. Participants in the test are lower grade pupils. After completing the test, the researchers coded user behaviors based on interviews and video recordings, find out the participants’ attitudes towards the product, and sorted out the problems in this product. The researchers also collected feedback from participants’ parents and teachers through interviews. The test results verify the effectiveness and interest of the product and this new form. However, the test also found that the product has some problems in structural usability and image recognizability. Based on the feedback, the product has been iterated. Now, the new product has begun to be tried in schools and communities to obtain more user data. The new product are well-recognized by teachers and popular among young children.
Inspiration: Science popularization plays an important role in COVID-19 prevention and control. The virus can't be seen or touched, which makes it hard for teachers and parents to introduce virus-related knowledge to young children. The emergence of thin and light electronic components has enabled the realization of circuits on paper. In this context, more diverse forms of interaction can be applied to the traditional story books to add more fun and interactivity to the reading process.
Project Duration: This project was created in Ningbo, China from November, 2020. Now, it has been located in Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China since May, 2021.
Operation Flow: Each page of the book describes a scene of immune cells fighting the virus. Different paper structures and interaction methods were designed for each scene. Young children can feel the scene by pushing, pulling, rotating, clicking, shaking and other fine hand movements . And they can get visual, tactile, and auditory feedback that matches the story.
Team Members: Can Zhu
Leijing Zhou
Yue Wu
Qiuning Wu
Jiangping Zhou
Ge Yan