Little Locksmith Ithoyizi Lokufunda Lomkhandi Wezikhiye Omncane by Qiongzhi Qian, Yibo Dai and Linling Shi

Little Locksmith Ithoyizi Lokufunda Lomkhandi Wezikhiye Omncane by Qiongzhi Qian, Yibo Dai and Linling Shi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award in Ithoyizi Competition Category.

InsimbiIthoyizi· 2022

Little Locksmith Ithoyizi Lokufunda Lomkhandi Wezikhiye Omncane

by Qiongzhi Qian, Yibo Dai and Linling Shi

Client: Ningbo Giant Tiger Co., Ltd

Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award Winner in Ithoyizi Category

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The Design

About Little Locksmith Ithoyizi Lokufunda Lomkhandi Wezikhiye Omncane

I-Little Locksmith ithoyizi lokufunda elenziwe ngokhuni labantwana abancane. Leli thoyizi lihlanganisa amasethi amahlanu ezikhiye nezilokho, ngasinye sinesihloko esihlukile: izilwane, izithelo, isimo sezulu, izidalwa zasolwandle kanye nezimoto. Isilinda ngasinye sesilokho samukela ukhiye owodwa kuphela, ukuze izingane zizijwayeze ukubona isimo kanye nombala. Umzimba wesilokho ngasinye unamafasitela amabili. Ifasitela eliphezulu likhombisa izinto ezihlobene nesihloko, kanti ifasitela eliphansi likhombisa umdwebo ohambisana naso oshintshayo lapho kuphendulwa isondo. Izincwadi zezithombe ezinhlanu zisekela ukulandiswa kwezindaba, futhi izilokho zingaphanyekwa odongeni ukuze zigcinwe.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award

Little Locksmith Ithoyizi Lokufunda Lomkhandi Wezikhiye Omncane iwinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile okunikezwa imiklamo emihle ehlangabezana nezidingo zobungcweti nezemboni ezilindelekile ezimpahleni ezihlelwe kahle. Abawinile beNsimbi babonisa ikhono elikhulu, ubungcweti obuphezulu, ukuqonda kochwepheshe namandla okudala abadali babo. Little Locksmith Ithoyizi Lokufunda Lomkhandi Wezikhiye Omncane ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo nenezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu zemboni futhi unezimfanelo zobuchwepheshe ezifanelekile ezihlanganiswe nolwazi nethalente. Little Locksmith Ithoyizi Lokufunda Lomkhandi Wezikhiye Omncane iyahlonishwa ngenxa yokucophelela kwayo futhi ihlelelwe ukulethela izinguquko zomgangatho wempilo ezisiza ukwenza umhlaba ube yindawo engcono.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: This is an industry-leading wooden educational toy with the combination of five sets of key and lock about different themes. It can not only provide interactive fun for parents and children, but also meet the requirements of children's multiple cognitive training, so as to develop and cultivate their imagination and manipulative ability. Besides, its exquisite appearances can help children understand the world more accurately.
Dimensions & Packaging: This product is cleverly designed with distinct animal-related elements at the lock handle, which is consistent with the cute animal shape on the key. The choice of bright colors is matched with contrasting color design, which not only attracts children's attention, but also integrates various cognitive exercises to save users' purchase costs.
Tags: Toy for kids
Production Technology: It fully combines cognition training and storytelling: the body of each lock has two windows that can be opened, the top window is the objects about the theme, and the bottom window is corresponding scene. For example, a snowflake and snowmen are on the top, while scenes of making snowmen are on the bottom.
Design Challenge: More importantly, the appearance of lock can be hung on the wall to perfectly blend into the indoor environment, which is also easy to store in daily life, bringing users a caring experience.
Research: Reference to children cognitive science
Inspiration: This product is inspired by key-switch: the five lock cylinders match keys of different shapes and colors, only the correct key can open it, which helps with the shape and color recognition of children. What's more, the five locks correspond to cognition of animals, fruits, weather, marine life and vehicles, including cognitive exercises for children under 3 years old, which can effectively enlighten and exercise their coordination ability of eye and hand.
Project Duration: The project finished in August 2021 in China
Operation Flow: In addition, parents can display different scenes by turning the scroll wheel in the bottom window, so that they can lead their children to find and identify the designated objects in the scene, and also tell them various interesting stories according to five attached picture-books.
Team Members: Qiongzhi Qian
Yibo Dai
Linling Shi