白金玩具 · 2017

Makedo Toolkit 紙皮建構工具套裝

by Paul Justin

A' Design Award 白金獎 2017 in 玩具
CLIENT: Makedo
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About Makedo Toolkit 紙皮建構工具套裝

Makedo工具套裝係一套可重複使用嘅創意紙皮建構工具。套裝內有一把安全鋸(Safe-saw)、一支螺絲批(Scrudriver)、二十一個Scru連接件同七個Scru XL連接件,全部收納喺一個可重複密封嘅袋入面。憑住呢三種工具,四歲以上嘅小朋友就可以安全噉切割紙皮、打孔同穩固噉接合唔同層面。剪刀、刀片同膠紙對後生嘅創作者嚟講,喺安全同功能上都有限制,所以呢個工具套裝就係為咗消除呢啲限制而開發。無論係喺課室、創客空間、博物館定係屋企,小朋友都可以獨自或者一齊將搵到嘅紙皮砌成任何大小嘅物件。

About the A' Design Award 白金獎

Makedo Toolkit 紙皮建構工具套裝是 A' Design Award 白金獎得主，這是授予真正卓越、優雅和宏偉設計的極具聲望的認可。白金獎得主是創造的奇蹟，是智力創造力極限的見證，展現出其設計師無與倫比的專業精神和天才。這些設計被期待成為定義一個時代的美學、造福社會、並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術界限的最負盛名的作品。Makedo Toolkit 紙皮建構工具套裝展現出超凡脫俗的卓越水準，以其有益而寶貴的特質毫無疑問地讓世界變得更美好。Makedo Toolkit 紙皮建構工具套裝是一件贏得 A' Design Award 白金獎的作品，它喚起慾望，啟發人心，令人愉悅，並迸發出巨大的喜悅。

Press Kit

Unique Properties: Makedo is a simple to use, open-ended, reusable system of tools for creative cardboard construction. With just three customised tools: the Safe-saw, Scru and Scrudriver, children as young as four can safely cut, punch holes in and securely connect layers of cardboard. Makedo is designed for girls and boys, young and old, individuals and groups of all skill levels to make anything imaginable, of any size with found cardboard.
Dimensions & Packaging: Resealable Pouch: 12 (W) cm x 4 cm (D) x 24 cm (H) Contents: 1x SAFE-SAW, 1x SCRUDRIVER, 21x SCRU, 7x SCRU XL. A growing library of free 3D print files is available online (hinges, brackets, tools) to extend and enhance the Makedo system.
Tags: stem, steam, education, maker, cardboard, imagination, play
Design Challenge: Using cardboard as a making material for creative projects is not a new idea. There are however inherent limitations with the use of standard ubiquitous tools such as scissors, blades and tape to craft cardboard. They pose safety risks to the maker and functional limitations on the making itself but more importantly they set limitations on what can be achieved by young makers independent of adult intervention. The focus for this project was therefore in developing tools to empower young makers to work with cardboard safely and intuitively to manifest their ideas from minds eye to 'I made it'.
Inspiration: The story behind Makedo is the tale of a designer working from home and having his day punctuated by his children requesting 'props' for their imaginative play. A shield here, a helmet there, possibly a turreted castle with working drawbridge! The desire to support his children to manifest their wild imaginations in the real world (and get some work done!) precipitated a light bulb moment for Paul Justin and Makedo was born. Makedo now empowers kids the world over to create a hackable world of their own making.

Makedo aligns with global shifts in education wherein creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration are integral to learning. Makedo fosters the natural inclination of the child to learn by making and doing.
Operation Flow: Find some cardboard, grab some Makedo tools and get started. The awesomeness of Makedo is that children learn by doing, creating, experimenting, failing and maybe succeeding but that's not essential. The creations then open the door to imaginative play where the child is protagonist in a hack-able world of their own making. Makedo comes to life in collaborative creative environments such as classrooms, maker spaces, museums and of course homes.
Image Credits: Makedo