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Blocs Intummy Ohun Isere Ẹkọ Ẹkọ by Nien Tzu, Yu Ling, Wei Jia and Chia Yi

Blocs Intummy Ohun Isere Ẹkọ Ẹkọ by Nien Tzu, Yu Ling, Wei Jia and Chia Yi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun-ìṣeré, Eré àti Ohun Àfẹ́ṣeré Competition Category.


IrinOhun-ìṣeré· 2022

Blocs Intummy Ohun Isere Ẹkọ Ẹkọ

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

Client: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Deparment

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Ohun-ìṣeré Category

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The Design

About Blocs Intummy Ohun Isere Ẹkọ Ẹkọ

Awọn bulọọki inu ikun ni a ṣẹda lati fihan imọran pe gbogbo eniyan ni aye si ailewu ati ounjẹ to peye. Idi akọkọ ni lati kọ awọn ọmọ ile-iwe alakọbẹrẹ nipa ebi, ati kọ ẹkọ lati pin ati mu imọ wọn pọ si lori aito ounjẹ. Awọn bulọọki ounjẹ jiometirika le jẹ ipin laarin awọn ọmọde lati kun sinu ikun ti o ṣofo ti awọn ọmọlangidi, itọsọna nipasẹ iwe itan alapejuwe, lati jẹki imọ ti pinpin ounjẹ ati iwunilori ounjẹ.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award

Blocs Intummy Ohun Isere Ẹkọ Ẹkọ jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Blocs Intummy Ohun Isere Ẹkọ Ẹkọ yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Blocs Intummy Ohun Isere Ẹkọ Ẹkọ nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.

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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