Little Locksmith Pedagogisk Leksak by Qiongzhi Qian, Yibo Dai and Linling Shi

Little Locksmith Pedagogisk Leksak by Qiongzhi Qian, Yibo Dai and Linling Shi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Järn in Leksaks-, Spel- och Hobbyproduktdesign Competition Category.

JärnLeksak· 2022

Little Locksmith Pedagogisk Leksak

by Qiongzhi Qian, Yibo Dai and Linling Shi

Client: Ningbo Giant Tiger Co., Ltd

A' Design Award i Järn Winner in Leksak Category

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The Design

About Little Locksmith Pedagogisk Leksak

Lilla Låssmeden är en pedagogisk träleksak för små barn. Leksaken kombinerar fem uppsättningar nycklar och lås, var och en med ett eget tema: djur, frukter, väder, havsliv och fordon. Varje låscylinder passar endast till en nyckel, så att barnen övar på att känna igen former och färger. Varje låskropp har två fönster. Det övre fönstret visar föremål kopplade till temat, och det nedre fönstret visar en tillhörande scen som förändras när ett hjul vrids. Fem bilderböcker stödjer sagoberättande, och låsen kan hängas på en vägg för förvaring.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Järn

Little Locksmith Pedagogisk Leksak är vinnare av A' Design Award i Järn, ett prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas bra designverk som uppfyller de professionella och industriella krav som förväntas av välgjorda skapelser. Järnvinnare visar stor skicklighet, hög specialisering, expertförståelse och skaparnas kreativa förmåga. Little Locksmith Pedagogisk Leksak förväntas vara en högt skattad, beundrad och älskad skapelse som är praktisk och innovativ. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Järn integrerar branschens bästa praxis och har kompetenta tekniska egenskaper kopplade till kunnande och talang. Little Locksmith Pedagogisk Leksak respekteras för sin grundlighet och är utformat för att åstadkomma förbättringar av livskvaliteten som hjälper till att göra världen till en bättre plats.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is an industry-leading wooden educational toy with the combination of five sets of key and lock about different themes. It can not only provide interactive fun for parents and children, but also meet the requirements of children's multiple cognitive training, so as to develop and cultivate their imagination and manipulative ability. Besides, its exquisite appearances can help children understand the world more accurately.
Dimensions & Packaging: This product is cleverly designed with distinct animal-related elements at the lock handle, which is consistent with the cute animal shape on the key. The choice of bright colors is matched with contrasting color design, which not only attracts children's attention, but also integrates various cognitive exercises to save users' purchase costs.
Tags: Toy for kids
Production Technology: It fully combines cognition training and storytelling: the body of each lock has two windows that can be opened, the top window is the objects about the theme, and the bottom window is corresponding scene. For example, a snowflake and snowmen are on the top, while scenes of making snowmen are on the bottom.
Design Challenge: More importantly, the appearance of lock can be hung on the wall to perfectly blend into the indoor environment, which is also easy to store in daily life, bringing users a caring experience.
Research: Reference to children cognitive science
Inspiration: This product is inspired by key-switch: the five lock cylinders match keys of different shapes and colors, only the correct key can open it, which helps with the shape and color recognition of children. What's more, the five locks correspond to cognition of animals, fruits, weather, marine life and vehicles, including cognitive exercises for children under 3 years old, which can effectively enlighten and exercise their coordination ability of eye and hand.
Project Duration: The project finished in August 2021 in China
Operation Flow: In addition, parents can display different scenes by turning the scroll wheel in the bottom window, so that they can lead their children to find and identify the designated objects in the scene, and also tell them various interesting stories according to five attached picture-books.
Team Members: Qiongzhi Qian
Yibo Dai
Linling Shi