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Blocs Intummy Elimu Toy Kujifunza by Nien Tzu, Yu Ling, Wei Jia and Chia Yi

Blocs Intummy Elimu Toy Kujifunza by Nien Tzu, Yu Ling, Wei Jia and Chia Yi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Vinyago, Michezo na Bidhaa za Burudani Competition Category.


ChumaKinyago· 2022

Blocs Intummy Elimu Toy Kujifunza

by Nien Tzu, Yu Ling, Wei Jia and Chia Yi

Client: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Deparment

Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award Winner in Kinyago Category

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The Design

About Blocs Intummy Elimu Toy Kujifunza

Makundi kwenye tumbo yaliundwa ili kuwasilisha dhana kwamba kila mtu anaweza kupata chakula salama na cha kutosha. Kusudi kuu ni kuelimisha watoto wa shule ya mapema juu ya njaa, na kujifunza kushiriki na kuongeza ufahamu wao juu ya uhaba wa chakula. Vitalu vya chakula vya kijiometri vinaweza kushirikiwa miongoni mwa watoto ili kujaza ndani ya tumbo tupu la wanasesere, kwa kuongozwa na kitabu cha hadithi cha kielelezo, ili kuboresha utambuzi wa kushiriki chakula na kuthamini chakula.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award

Blocs Intummy Elimu Toy Kujifunza 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. Blocs Intummy Elimu Toy Kujifunza 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. Blocs Intummy Elimu Toy Kujifunza 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
Blocs in tummy was created to convey the concept that everyone has access to safe and adequate food which conform to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals SDGs no.2, zero hunger. The main purpose is to educate preschool children about hunger, and learn to share and increase their awareness on food shortage. It is hoped that preschool children can be inspired by playing with this innovative set of educational toys . Geometrical food blocks can be share among children to fill into the dolls with empty stomach, guided by an illustration story book, to enhance the cognition of food sharing and food cherish.
Dimensions & Packaging
Dimension:Each doll Height270mm x Width190mm x Thickness65mm
Tags
Children's educational toys, human rights, hunger, independent sharing, balanced diet
Production Technology
Material: wood, cotton fabric, cotton
Production technology: hand-sewn, hand-cutting
Surface coating: natural wood wax oil on the paint surface
Design Challenge
To integrate the profound issues into the language of design, and to seek guidance from the early childhood education profession and tailor, to understand information on pre-primary education and commercial safety products, and to make a set of children's teaching toys which break through traditional education and have long-range planning.
Research
Research type: How to transform abstract concepts into design language, early childhood education, cognitive psychology, heuristic education.
Research goal: Inspire awareness of hunger, learn to share and increase knowledge of food.
Research methods: type analysis, material analysis, toy type and size analysis, color analysis, cognitive psychology, children psychology, children’s picture book presentation, early childhood education learning goals.
Data collection: 3-6 year old children's toy market survey, children's toy analysis, children's cognitive development, toy safety regulations data.
Research tools: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe photoshop
Inspiration
According to the SDGs no.2 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the elimination of hunger, everyone has the right to have safe and adequate food, but observations show that there is still a problem of uneven distribution of food and insufficient nutrition in society.
Project Duration
The project started in July 2021 and was completed in Tainan, Taiwan in March 2022. First debut in Young Designer Exhibition (Yodex) June 2022 in Taipei World Trade Center NanGang Exhibition Hall.
Operation Flow
This is an educational toy with dolls and building blocks as the starting point. Through observation and assembly, from knowing different food dolls to increasing knowledge of food, and with the guidance and correspondence of story and picture books, children can play in the context; in the process of hunger, children can feel the importance of balanced nutrition and learn to share on their own.
Team Members
Instructor: ChungSheng Chen
Designer: NienTzu Chang
Designer: YuLing Tsai
Designer: WeiJia Gong
Designer: ChiaYi Hung
Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department
Image Credits
NienTzu Chang
YuLing Tsai
WeiJia Gong
ChiaYi Hung

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