Hanzi Storytelling Box Block Isere by Jiayu Yao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ẹ̀kọ́, Ohun-èlò Ìkọ́ni àti Àkóónú Ìdánilẹ́kọ̀ọ́ Competition Category.
IrinẸ̀kọ́· 2023
Hanzi Storytelling Box Block Isere
by Jiayu Yao
Client: Zhejiang University
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Ẹ̀kọ́ Category
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The Design
About Hanzi Storytelling Box Block Isere
Apoti Itan-akọọlẹ Hanzi jẹ idinaki nkan isere tuntun ti o jẹ ki kikọ awọn kikọ Kannada jẹ igbadun ati ibaraenisọrọ fun awọn ọmọde ọdọ. O nlo ẹda aworan ti awọn ohun kikọ, pẹlu wiwo ati awọn eroja igbọran, lati ṣe iranlọwọ fun awọn akẹẹkọ lati mọ ati ranti wọn daradara. Ohun elo ti o tẹle n pese awọn orisun ikẹkọ ni afikun, gẹgẹbi awọn ọrọ, awọn gbolohun ọrọ, awọn ikọlu kikọ, ati iyaworan ẹgbẹ, awọn ọmọde tun le ṣe igbasilẹ awọn itan ihuwasi Kannada tiwọn lati gbe si awọn bulọọki.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award
Hanzi Storytelling Box Block Isere 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 Hanzi Storytelling Box Block Isere 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 Hanzi Storytelling Box Block Isere 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
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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