Pokermate Deluxe ፖከር ምስ መደገፊ by Alex King

Pokermate Deluxe ፖከር ምስ መደገፊ by Alex King is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ጻወታ፣ ጸወታን ፍርያት ትርፊ ግዜን Competition Category.

ሓጺንጻወታ· 2021

Pokermate Deluxe ፖከር ምስ መደገፊ

by Alex King

Client: A&J Design

ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ጻወታ Category

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The Design

About Pokermate Deluxe ፖከር ምስ መደገፊ

እዚ ዲዛይን ብፍላይ ኣብ እዋን ለበዳ ንዓበይቲ ሰባት ብካርድ እናተጻወቱ ክዘናግዑ ንምግባር ዝተዳለወ እዩ - ወለዶም ንስራሕ ኣብ ገዛ ስለዝጸንሑን ንኣያታቶም ንምሕብሓብ ዝያዳ ግዜ ስለዘለዎምን። ፖከር ኣብ ጽቡቕ ለስለስ ዝበለ ወረቐት ይሕተም፣ እዚ ድማ ተጻወትቲ ካርድ ንምሕዋስ ውሑድ ጻዕሪ ክጥቀሙ የኽእሎም። ሳንስ-ሰሪፍ ፊደላት ኣብ ላዕለዋይ ግራብ ሽንን ታሕተዋይ የማን ኩርንዒን ተዓብዮም ተሰቒሎም ኣለዉ፣ እዚ ድማ ተጻወትቲ ትሑት ስምዒታዊ ክእለት እኳ እንተሃለዎም ብንጹር ክንበብዎ የኽእሎም። እዚ ምስ ኩሎም ኣባላት ቤተሰቦም ቢግ ቱ፣ ቻይናዊ ፖከርን ማቺንግ ጌምስን ክጻወቱ ዝፈቱ ተጻወትቲ ምስቲ ኦቫል መልክዕ ዘለዎ ናይ ዕንጨይቲ መደገፊ እቲ ዝበለጸ ዲዛይን እዩ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award

Pokermate Deluxe ፖከር ምስ መደገፊ ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ካብ ጽቡቕ ዝተዳለዉ ፍጥረታት ዝጽበዩ ሞያውን ኢንዱስትሪኣውን ጠለባት ንዝመላኡ ጽቡቓት ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ሓጺን ዓቢ ክእለት፣ ልዑል ፍሉይነት፣ ክኢላዊ ርድኢትን ፈጠራዊ ዓቕምን ፈጣርዮም የርእዩ። Pokermate Deluxe ፖከር ምስ መደገፊ ብብዙሕ ዝተመነየ፣ ዝደነቐን ዝፈተዎን፣ ተግባራውን ሓድሽን ፍጥረት ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ንዝበለጹ ልምድታት ኢንዱስትሪ የጣምር፣ ምስ ፍልጠትን ተውህቦን ዝተኣሳሰሩ ብቑዓት ቴክኒካውያን ባህርያት ድማ ኣለዎ። Pokermate Deluxe ፖከር ምስ መደገፊ ብጥንቃቐኡ ይኽበር፣ ንዓለም ዝሓሸ ቦታ ክትኸውን ዝሕግዙ ምምሕያሻት መዓርግ ህይወት ንምቕራብ ድማ ዝተዳለወ እዩ።

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Poker is printed on a fine and extra smooth paper so that player could use less effort to shuffle. The sans-serif fonts and graphics printed on upper left and lower right corners are being enlarged so that players could read them clearly even if they are in low sensory abilities.Creatively, the focus is now shifted to the amplified numbers, supported by graphical pattern. Simplified signature graphics could be more easily to recognize the cards they have - better encouragement to players.
Dimensions & Packaging: Fine paper, 20cmx45cmx5cm
Tags: poker, universal design, play, game design, product design
Production Technology: The black border printed on the other side offers an enhanced visual impact of each card while playing. The wooden stand is made of solid beech and walnut to offer luxurious play experience which is new to the market. The organic shape of the wooden poker stand builds an emotional attachment with the players. Each player can fill in the slots they preferred with the cards on hand. The inclined design offers a sense of privacy so that players could still have a card shelter without exposing to others. Pokermate Deluxe is the best design for players who enjoy playing Big Two, Chinese Poker and Matching Games with all family members.
Design Challenge: We spent a lot of time to design and test out the best angle and profile for the wooden stand, and gone through plenty of production meetings with the manufacturers in China before actual production.
Research: We gather information through participative design workshop with local older people to learn more about their latent needs iteratively supported by community elderly centre. We notice that older people are less sensitive when they are holding objects such as smart phone, pen, chopsticks and playing cards etc. The wooden stand is made of solid beech and walnut to offer new experience to the market. The organic shape of the wooden poker stand builds an emotional attachment with the players. Each player can fill in the slots they preferred with the cards on hand. The inclined design offers a sense of privacy so that players could still have a card shelter without exposing to others.
Inspiration: Pokermate Deluxe by Journal de Chic is deliberately designed for older persons to enjoy card playing during pandemic – younger adults will stay at home for work and thus to have more time to take care of their grandparents.
Project Duration: 12 months, Hong Kong
Team Members: Alex King
Image Credits: Alex King