Hanzi Storytelling Box بلاک کھلونا by Jiayu Yao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award آہنی انعام in تعلیم، تدریسی امداد اور تربیتی مواد ڈیزائن Competition Category.
لوہاتعلیم· 2023
Hanzi Storytelling Box بلاک کھلونا
by Jiayu Yao
Client: Zhejiang University
A' Design Award آہنی انعام Winner in تعلیم Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #149040The Design
About Hanzi Storytelling Box بلاک کھلونا
ہانزی اسٹوری ٹیلنگ باکس ایک اختراعی کھلونا بلاک ہے جو چھوٹے بچوں کے لیے چینی حروف کو سیکھنا تفریحی اور انٹرایکٹو بناتا ہے۔ یہ بصری اور سمعی عناصر کے ساتھ کرداروں کی تصویری نوعیت کا استعمال کرتا ہے تاکہ سیکھنے والوں کو انہیں بہتر طریقے سے پہچاننے اور یاد رکھنے میں مدد ملے۔ ساتھ والی ایپ اضافی سیکھنے کے وسائل فراہم کرتی ہے، جیسے الفاظ، جملے، تحریری اسٹروک، اور ایسوسی ایٹیو ڈرائنگ، بچے بلاکس پر اپ لوڈ کرنے کے لیے اپنی چینی کردار کی کہانیاں بھی ریکارڈ کر سکتے ہیں۔
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award آہنی انعام
Hanzi Storytelling Box بلاک کھلونا A' Design Award آہنی انعام کا فاتح ہے، جو ان اچھے ڈیزائنز کو دیا جانے والا باوقار اعتراف ہے جو اچھی طرح ڈیزائن کی گئی تخلیقات سے متوقع پیشہ ورانہ اور صنعتی تقاضوں کو پورا کرتے ہیں۔ آہنی انعام کے فاتحین اپنے تخلیق کاروں کی عظیم مہارت، اعلیٰ تخصص، ماہرانہ فہم اور تخلیقی صلاحیت کو ظاہر کرتے ہیں۔ Hanzi Storytelling Box بلاک کھلونا سے توقع کی جاتی ہے کہ وہ ایک نہایت قدر کی جانے والی، سراہی جانے والی اور عزیز تخلیق ہوگا جو عملی اور جدید ہے۔ A' Design Award آہنی انعام جیتنے والا یہ ڈیزائن صنعت کے بہترین طریقوں کو یکجا کرتا ہے اور مہارت اور ہنر سے جڑی ہوئی قابل تکنیکی خصوصیات رکھتا ہے۔ Hanzi Storytelling Box بلاک کھلونا اپنی باریک بینی کی وجہ سے قابل احترام ہے اور معیار زندگی کی ایسی بہتری فراہم کرنے کے لیے ڈیزائن کیا گیا ہے جو دنیا کو ایک بہتر جگہ بنانے میں مدد دیتی ہے۔
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Hanzi Storytelling Box is a meaningful block toy that supports young children to engage with Chinese characters in a more friendly way. The toy kit uses the pictographic nature of characters, blending visual and auditory to help learners recognize and remember them. The toy divides characters into three categories by theme: nature (yellow), people (blue), and artifacts (red). Young children are encouraged to appreciate the beauty of Chinese characters, explore their mysteries, and find learning fun and engaging.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Chinese character module: 50mm*50mm*6mm and 70mm*70mm*6mm Speech recognition module: 140mm*140mm*70mm Specifications: LED, Speaker, RFID Tag and Reader, Button, Battery
- Tags
- Education, Young children, Block toy, Chinese characters, Electronic toys
- Production Technology
- TECHNOLOGY: UX design process, Rhinoceros, Keyshot, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Arduino, Electronic circuit technology MATERIALS: Wooden
- Design Challenge
- The first challenge was to categorize and classify the Chinese characters that preschoolers need to learn. The toy divided these characters into three categories based on their meanings and used different colors to show the distinction. The second challenge was to visualize the characters by creating easy-to-understand patterns that fit their meanings. To do this, the toy described the meaning of each character through a one-sentence story in relation to its pattern.
- Research
- By combining Montessori's sensitive period for senses and Piaget's constructivism theories, and conducting a user study with children aged 3-6 years, the toy uses common objects in daily life as visual representations of Chinese characters. The existing knowledge of the children was utilized to assimilate new knowledge of Chinese characters. The radicals are key to learning Chinese characters, and the Hanzi Storytelling Box allows for free combinations between radical blocks to form different Chinese characters with clear visual elements that present the role of different radicals in the overall Chinese character.
- Inspiration
- Children often consider Chinese characters to be complex, boring, and irregular, which leads to children's anxiety about learning Chinese characters. By analyzing the cognitive characteristics, age characteristics, and literacy rules of lower-grade students, the Hanzi Storytelling Box is designed based on the "child-oriented" design principle.
- Project Duration
- The project started in March 2022 and finished in October 2022 in Ningbo.
- Operation Flow
- First, the child can freely play with the character blocks. They can place a single block or combine two blocks to form a specific character on the Storytelling Box. After pushing the box button, the description of the Chinese characters and the related fable will be broadcasted by the box. Secondly, the accompanying app allows users to record their own Chinese character stories and play them with the physical toy. The app also provides additional learning resources, such as words, sentences, writing strokes, associative drawing, and review. These resources can help children learn Chinese characters holistically and easily.
- Team Members
- Jiayu Yao
Jing Zhang
Jiayi Ma
Yuqi Zhang
Weijia Lin
Sheng Yang
Shuyue Feng
Cheng Yao - Image Credits
- Jiayu Yao、Jiayi Ma、Jing Zhang，2022
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