Superhero Kitabu cha Pop-up by Can Zhu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Elimu, Vifaa vya Kufundishia na Maudhui ya Mafunzo Competition Category.
ChumaElimu· 2022
Superhero Kitabu cha Pop-up
by Can Zhu
Client: Zhejiang University
Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award Winner in Elimu Category
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About Superhero Kitabu cha Pop-up
Superhero ni kitabu cha pop-up kilichobuniwa kufundisha watoto wadogo kuhusu Covid-19. Kitabu kinasimulia hadithi ambapo seli za kinga ya mwili zinajigeuza kuwa mashujaa wakuu na kupambana na majitu yanayowakilisha virusi. Miundo ya karatasi ya pop-up imeunganishwa na mizunguko myembamba ya kielektroniki, hivyo kila ukurasa hutoa mrejesho wa kuona, wa kugusa na wa sauti. Watoto husukuma, kuvuta, kuzungusha, kubofya na kutikisa sehemu za karatasi ili kufuatilia hadithi. Ukataji wa leza hutumika kutengeneza sehemu za karatasi, na mkanda wa shaba huunganisha vitambuzi vilivyofichwa. Kitabu hiki kinafanya maarifa ya kisayansi yaliyo dhahania kuwa rahisi kueleweka.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award
Superhero Kitabu cha Pop-up ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima unaotolewa kwa miundo mizuri inayokidhi mahitaji ya kitaalamu na ya kiviwanda yanayotarajiwa kutoka kwa kazi zilizobuniwa vizuri. Washindi wa Chuma huonyesha ustadi mkubwa, utaalamu wa hali ya juu, uelewa wa kitaalamu na uwezo wa kibunifu wa waumbaji wao. Superhero Kitabu cha Pop-up inatarajiwa kuwa kazi inayothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambayo ni ya vitendo na bunifu. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora za tasnia na una sifa za kiufundi zenye uwezo zilizounganishwa na ujuzi na kipaji. Superhero Kitabu cha Pop-up inaheshimiwa kwa uangalifu wake na imebuniwa kutoa maboresho ya ubora wa maisha yanayosaidia kuufanya ulimwengu kuwa mahali bora zaidi.
Behind the Design
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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
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