Drago 收藏级玩具龙 by Yuhe (Donna) Chi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 玩具、游戏与业余爱好产品设计 Competition Category.

铜玩具· 2020

Drago 收藏级玩具龙

by Yuhe (Donna) Chi

Client: Donna Chi

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 玩具 Category

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The Design

About Drago 收藏级玩具龙

Drago是一款专为室内陈列而设计的收藏级玩具龙。每只造型高75毫米，灵感源自中国古代神龙——一种融合鱼、蛇与鹰特征的神兽。该系列包含六种造型、十二款外观。每件作品均以数字建模，采用白色PLA材料打印，层厚为0.1毫米。打印完成后，逐件进行打磨抛光、喷涂面漆、手工丙烯上色，并再覆以一层高光罩漆。该设计为成人玩具爱好者提供了一件装饰性桌面摆件。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Drago 收藏级玩具龙是 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Drago 收藏级玩具龙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。Drago 收藏级玩具龙出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Dragois a modern collection based on a dragon figure. It was made for interior design and collecting, It is 3 inch in height and all hand-painted. The detailing craftsmanship create a playful sensibility. In this collection, it has six different styles and twelve looks.
Dimensions & Packaging: 75mm x 75mm x 75 mm
Tags: Toy design, collective toy, modern, decoration, pop culture, dragon
Production Technology: Drago is digitally constructed and then used 3D printing method to print. It is printed with white PLA with 0.1mm thick layers. After printed, it had been polished and sprayed with a top coat. All the details were hand-painted with acrylic and then top with another shining coat.
Design Challenge: The key challenge to the product was to create a shape that looks cute and modern. Another challenge is to create a pattern that can perfectly fit in the shape and add playfulness to it, because the shape is irregular and I want to keep the feature of a dragon but also add some interesting pattern in it.
Research: Nowadays there are not much toys designed for adults. I want to design a series of toy that can be collect by modern toy lovers. Modern toy has become an iconic art platform to bring artistry to the public eye, and a fusion of pop-culture and illustration is expected to inject vitality into the modern toy. So I designed a toy that involved in varies color and pattern, I hope this bold design, can be recognizable and evoked people’s love of pop-culture.
Inspiration: Ancient Chinese dragon is a combination of great deals of animals, including fish, snake and eagle. I got my inspiration from this interesting concept. Through mixing and matching of the characteristics that I discovered in the animal world, I created my own dragon. Each Drago have a story to tell.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2019 in New York and finished in May 2019, and was exhibited in New York in May 2019.
Operation Flow: This toy is a whole piece. It can be used for decorating home or use as a beautiful tabletop ornament.
Image Credits: Donna Chi, 2019