Leoleo Kids Multifunction Play Tower 多功能儿童游戏塔 by Dan Popa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 婴儿、儿童产品设计 Competition Category.
铜婴儿产品· 2021
Leoleo Kids Multifunction Play Tower 多功能儿童游戏塔
by Dan Popa
Client: Leea Toys
A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 婴儿产品 Category
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About Leoleo Kids Multifunction Play Tower 多功能儿童游戏塔
Leoleo 是一款专为幼儿设计的多功能游戏塔。Leoleo 由数量有限的部件组成,无需任何工具或扳手即可重新组合。通过不同的组合方式,可以变身为观察塔、活动桌、滑梯、黑板、摇椅,或配有喂食台的高脚椅。此外还可加装活动板、带把手的方向盘以及小厨房等配件。所有部件均由15毫米桦木胶合板切割而成,并施以清漆或彩漆处理。边缘与棱角均做圆润处理,以确保安全。Leoleo 以一件产品取代多件独立家具,既节省空间,又节约材料。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 铜奖
Leoleo Kids Multifunction Play Tower 多功能儿童游戏塔是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Leoleo Kids Multifunction Play Tower 多功能儿童游戏塔将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Leoleo Kids Multifunction Play Tower 多功能儿童游戏塔出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Leoleo is a hyper functional and playful piece of furniture designed for a small child's care, education, skills development and entertainment. It consists of parts that can be recombined in many ways, thus obtaining different functionalities. It can be an observation tower (learningtower), an activity desk, a slide/ramp, a blackboard, a rocking chair, a high chair with feeding table. Accessories can be added (activity boards, a wheel with handlebar, a kitchen). Leoleo saves space and material.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 98/40/40 in standing setup / tower setup, / baby chair setup
75/40/50 in rocking chair setup
98/70/40 in slide setup - Tags
- multifunctional, learning tower, slide, kids, toddlers, activity desk, high chair,
- Production Technology
- I have used mainly 15mm thick Birch plywood, cut with CNC technology, laquered or painted. Design is created in Autocad. Some parts are hardwood.
- Design Challenge
- To create an object that is hyper-useful, but also aesthetic, safe, durable and relatively easy to produce. To limit its parts to only the essential by expanding its functions as much as possible.
- Research
- Research was done through observation, trials, feedback from users.
Systematic research was made for years, by continuously modifying and adding features, functions, improving functionality, safety and ergonomy. The product was tested in real life situations for each and every step of development.
This project is a challenge to accomplish more with less. Its philosophy originates from the following ideas:
- everything in nature is made of atoms. But there are so few atoms comparing to the diversity of material expression of nature. So, with only a few types of building bricks, you can build an entire world. Everything depends on the relationship between the component parts.
Similarly, every atom is made of a small number elementary particles. Atoms are so unique and different, but still they are made of the same few components.
I find this idea of building anything out of just a few parts fascinating, practical, and unifying. The parts themselves, you can change their role depending on the needs and the situation. So, no more unused objects, all its parts can be re-used! It is a recycling idea taken to another level, in my opinion.
Leoleo wants to have a minimal amount of parts, that, combined in different ways will get the user to very different results.
For the long term, Leoleo wants to become a system, an environment complex enough to start evolving on its own. This means that the users will start recombining Leoleo's parts in ways its creator never has imagined, and this process can go on and develop to infinity. - Inspiration
- Leoleo was created by a father trying to solve the real problems that modern parenting faces:
- to provide inspiration for parents in setting diverse educational activities for kids
- to decrease the big number of physical objects needed for a limited period of time in order to entertain and educate a growing child
- to keep kids away from screens
- to make physical reality interesting again
- to provide context for adult-child interaction and connection - Project Duration
- The project started in January 2015 in Bucharest, Romania, and was exhibited in 2017 Romanian Design Award event, where it received recognition from Dezeen magazine.
- Operation Flow
- This object transforms by recombining its parts, re-assembling a finite number of parts. The user receives a number of plywood parts that are cut in such way that they can be assembled together in many ways. It requires a minimum innitial assembly to form a base structure. By adding or removing planks, wheels, boards, the base changes function. There is no need to use keys or any tools in the process.
- Patents
- Design registered with Euipo , RCD 007793625-0001 /06.04 2020, design holder Dan Popa
- Team Members
- Dan Popa
Vlad Nicoara - Image Credits
- Catalin Nastase, Photographer
Cristtina Anculete, Photographer
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