Pike 玩具 by Tahsin Cetinoglu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 玩具、遊戲及消閒產品設計 Competition Category.
銅玩具· 2021
Pike 玩具
Client: Tahsin Cetinoglu
A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 玩具 Category
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The Design
About Pike 玩具
派克是一個鉸接式木製玩偶。適合小孩子和大孩子的玩具。它不僅是一個玩具，還是藝術家的擺姿勢模型和定格動畫師的模型。身體部位很容易用鬆緊繩放在一起。由於採用聯合機制，它不需要任何工具。拆卸和重新組裝也是遊戲的一部分。簡直就是老少皆宜的木友。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅獎
Pike 玩具是 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Pike 玩具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。Pike 玩具出色地滿足需求，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
- Pike is an articulated wooden doll.
Thanks to tension power created by the ball-ended elastic cords, it stills in the position you give. It has an athletic body look.
Disassembly and assembly is part of the game. It does not require any tool.
Elastic cords can pass through the joints and strapped around them to assemble the legs and arms easily. This is the unique feature of this design. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Pike is 70 mm(W) x 40 mm(D) x 245 mm(H) in dimension.
The packaging is corrugated cardboard with the dimension of 120 x 60 x 280 mm. - Tags
- Wooden toy, Designer toys, Articulated doll, Stop motion doll, Mannequin, Poser, Character design, CNC milling
- Production Technology
- Pike is made of finger jointed natural beech blocks. All parts are manufactured by CNC milling technology. The parts do not have any paint, glue or fastening elements such as screws. The tiny balls, at the end of the elastic cords, are made of recycled sawdust that comes from the milling operation. A mixture of clear epoxy resin is molded with the elastic cords.
- Design Challenge
- The most challenging design activity for this project was solving wooden joint mechanisms and an assembly system which needs to be tough, producible, moveable, easy to assemble, be operated with an elastic cord and esthetically well designed at the same time. Several alternative solutions tested with handmade prototypes to meet the requirements.
- Research
- Comparative research has been done to identify similarities and differences between similar groups of toys such as puppets, mannequins and articulated dolls. Finding the potential market and defining the age range were the main objectives. One-to-one interviews have been done to focus groups. Lots of data collected over the internet from subject related magazines, open platforms, and selling channels. Main concentration points, weaknesses and potentials have been defined by conducting experiments with a close environment over prototypes to form essential insights.
- Inspiration
- Toys. Making toys. Love of wood. Giving a soul to a natural material. A passion for problem solving of mechanical systems and Innovative design intention.
- Project Duration
- The project began in June 2019 in Ankara, Turkey, and completed in Budapest, Hungary in March 2021.
- Operation Flow
- Pike comes up in assembled form out of its box. It is ready to play. Its arms, legs and head can take almost any posture that humans can do. You can play with it by giving action poses. Giving the best natural poses can be a challenging game with your friends. You may choose to disassemble it. It has 18 wooden parts and 26 in total with the elastic cords. So reassembling can be a funny game on its own. Touching and playing with an unpainted, raw wood gives a relaxing effect.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Tahsin Cetinoglu, 2021.
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