Trido Magnetic Art 積木 by Artur Tikhonenko

Trido Magnetic Art 積木 by Artur Tikhonenko is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 玩具、遊戲及消閒產品設計 Competition Category.

銀玩具· 2023

Trido Magnetic Art 積木

by Artur Tikhonenko

Client: Trido ltd

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 玩具 Category

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The Design

About Trido Magnetic Art 積木

Trido係一套適合小朋友同大人嘅磁力積木。呢啲積木係基於柏拉圖立體嘅幾何學而設計，採用四面體、半四面體同八面體嘅形狀。專利嘅磁力系統令每一個形狀嘅每一面都可以互相連接而唔會排斥，令組件可以沿住邊緣對齊。積木由ABS塑膠製成，磁石就封裝喺內部嘅槽位入面。仲可以加上磁力眼睛組件，為結構加上面孔。Trido提供三種套裝尺寸同六種色彩配搭。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Trido Magnetic Art 積木是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Trido Magnetic Art 積木將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Trido Magnetic Art 積木是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Trido is a set of magnetic building blocks, based on the geometry of Platonic solids: the shapes of tetrahedron and octahedron.
Thanks to a unique ingenious magnet system, each side of each shape connects to each other aligning along the edges and with no repealing, which allows limitless construction possibilities.
Trido has a harmoniously balanced palette in nuances and contrasts, while the expressive magnetic eyes can bring any structure to life.
Trido is a distinctive inspirational tool
Dimensions & Packaging: Trido is available in the sets of three sizes and each size is in six color palettes.
Small set includes: 12 pieces (2 octahedrons, 4 tetrahedrons, 4 half tetrahedrons, 2 eyes). Medium set: 24 pieces (4 octa, 8 tetra, 8 half-tetra, 4 eyes). Large set: 36 pieces (6 octa, 12 tetra, 12 half-tetra, 6 eyes).
Color palettes: Jungle, Flamingo, Laguna, Sky, Honey, Greyscale. Shapes size: Tetra 50mm x 40mm x 40mm, Octa 50mm x 50mm x 70mm, Half-Tetra 50mm x 40mm x 20mm, Eye diameter 28 mm
Tags: Trido, art, toy, magnetic blocks, construction set, pyramidal, triangle geometry
Production Technology: Trido has a patented magnetic system, which gives strong connection between shapes without repealing. That unique system allows a limitless versatility for assembling, and also makes it very pleasant and simple to play with shapes, as the shapes aligne themselves alon the edges.
The pieces are made of ABS plastic, while the magnets are safely hidden inside in a special inner "nest". Trido magnetic system is protected by the patents in the USA, European countries, China, Japan, Korea.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part was to develop the magnetic inner system for different shapes. A lot of prototyping and testing were applied to find the right solution for the functional and appearance quality, along with the balance of technical issues of production.
Research: Artur Tikhonenko, the creator of Trido, was very interested in the sculpture and plaster casting and origami technology.
He originally wanted to create magnetic biological shapes, but after making some prototypes, he came up with the idea of breaking through the biological series. After experimenting with different shapes, Artur found that only when tetrahedrons and octahedrons are combined in a specific way can they stick to each other without gaps.
Inspiration: The inspiration came from the ideas of origami, abstract sculpture, and platonic solids geometry, while the patented magnetic system made these classic shapes function as a novelty tool. The tool for inspiration, play, learning, exploration, relaxation etc.
The aim of the idea was to awaken the play instinct of children and adults and enables them easily create impressively artistic geometric three-dimensional structures. The color palette was designed to stand out and look modern.
Project Duration: The development of first prototypes started in the mid of 2017.
In 2018: first Toy Fairs were visited: London Toy Fair and Nuremberg Toy Fair.
In 2020: the first sales started in Europe and China.
In 2022: The Red Dot Award "Best of the Best" was won.
Operation Flow: Playing with Trido is pleasant and simple. You can play without instructions, it's even more interesting. The parts are very comfortable to hold in your hands, they are very well magnetized and neither side repels the other, so building is easy and fast. By attaching to any structure an eye shape, you will always get a funny character. Any design can be easily changed in a one-two steps, just turning, adding or removing a piece.
Patents: All Patents are granted and belong to Trido Ltd, UK:
Belarus, Korea, USA, China, Japan, Belgium , Austria, Switzerland /Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Luxembourg , Netherlands , Norway, Sweden.

All Trademarks are granted or under consideration and belong to Trido Ltd: United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland, Benelux (Belgium,Netherlands, Luxemburg), Belarus, Canada, China (Class 28), China, Germany, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway, Russia, Sweden, USA
Team Members: Artur Tikhonenko - inventor, creative director
Tatiana Ivachko - designer, brand manager
Image Credits: Images 1,2,3,4,5: photographer Artur Tikhonenko
Video: created by Hape Holding China creative team. Copyrights belongs to Trido ltd.
Image with a child: photographer Artur Tikhonenko, model Oscar Tikhonenko (model statement release is signed and attached)