Leoleo Kids Multifunction Play Tower 多功能兒童遊戲塔 by Dan Popa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 嬰兒產品設計 Competition Category.
銅嬰兒產品· 2021
Leoleo Kids Multifunction Play Tower 多功能兒童遊戲塔
by Dan Popa
Client: Leea Toys
A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 嬰兒產品 Category
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About Leoleo Kids Multifunction Play Tower 多功能兒童遊戲塔
Leoleo係專為幼兒設計嘅多功能遊戲塔。Leoleo由有限數量嘅組件構成，唔使工具或鎖匙就可以重新組合。唔同嘅排列方式可以組成瞭望塔、活動桌、滑梯、黑板、搖搖椅，或者帶餵食桌嘅高腳椅。仲可以加裝配件，例如活動板、附車把嘅輪子同埋小廚房。所有組件均以15毫米樺木夾板切割而成，並經過上漆或塗色處理。邊角位置經過圓角處理，確保安全。Leoleo以一物多用嘅方式取代多件獨立物品，有效節省空間同材料。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅獎
Leoleo Kids Multifunction Play Tower 多功能兒童遊戲塔是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Leoleo Kids Multifunction Play Tower 多功能兒童遊戲塔將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Leoleo Kids Multifunction Play Tower 多功能兒童遊戲塔出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
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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