Tetra 连接器颜色标记 by Himanshu Shekhar Soni is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 玩具、游戏与业余爱好产品设计 Competition Category.

铁玩具· 2018

Tetra 连接器颜色标记

by Himanshu Shekhar Soni

Client: Himanshu Soni

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 玩具 Category

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The Design

About Tetra 连接器颜色标记

利乐（Tetra）是一款有趣的彩色标记笔，带有用于儿童的互动式积木玩具，并且四边形标记笔的想法不仅鼓励儿童发挥创造力，而且鼓励他们重复使用标记笔，而不是在墨水变干后将它们简单地丢弃到垃圾桶中，这将有所帮助让孩子发展并提高他们之间的重用意识。四盖的形状使其易于按压和拉出。孩子们可以将每个笔帽和笔筒放在一起以形成形状，并探索以构建新的抽象形状，这取决于他们的想象力，以改变规则并提出新的结构。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Tetra 连接器颜色标记是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Tetra 连接器颜色标记将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Tetra 连接器颜色标记因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Tetra is an amusing color marker with interactive building toys for kids. It’s made of interesting shape and combined form to create an opportunity for creativity extends beyond the page. The shape of a simple compound makes it easy to press and pull out. Also, kids can put each compound together to form a shape and explore to build the new shape like a geometric shape, animal, flower, abstract shape etc. And it’s up to their Imagination bend the rule and come up with new structures.
Dimensions & Packaging: Tetra Cap: Height 55mm X Length 28mm X Width 28mm
Tetra Barrel: Height 128mm x Dia 9mm
Tags: Kids, Play, Color, Creative, Fun, Behavioral, Social Skill, Block puzzle
Production Technology: Tetra markers are made of HDPE plastic and injection molded part.
Design Challenge: The first challenge was to understand how to encourage children to develop social skill through a product. The second challenge was designing this cap product’s functionality as a toy to create abstract and beautiful shapes by connecting the same shape.
Research: The initial stage of online and market research showed a lack of new children stationary or toys which engage and positively impact children behavior and social skill. The next stage of research was performed on different toys which encourages interaction and helps develop social skills. I look to repurposing of the Tetra Marker cap to not only encourage children to be creative, but to encourage children to think about reuse rather than simply discarding these into the trash after ink dried up and I want to create a new paradigm for children’s products that encourage unique new behavior and a productive afterlife for the product.
Inspiration: The main inspiration for tetra markers to not only encourage children to be creative but also encourage them to think about reuse the marker pens instead of it being thrown away after ink dried up and this will help children to develop social skill and raise awareness of reuse among them starting at small ages and collecting the pens for children to play with them will have an important and enhancing role on the consumer preference.
Project Duration: The Tetra color marker concept started in Jan 2018 in Noida, India and finished in March 2018.
Operation Flow: The shape of a tetra cap makes it easy to press and pull out. Also, kids can put each cap and pen barrel together through the snap-fit to foam a shape and explore imaginative crafts.
Team Members: One