Drago 收藏用玩具龍 by Yuhe (Donna) Chi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 玩具、遊戲及消閒產品設計 Competition Category.

銅玩具· 2020

Drago 收藏用玩具龍

by Yuhe (Donna) Chi

Client: Donna Chi

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 玩具 Category

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The Design

About Drago 收藏用玩具龍

Drago係一款專為室內擺設而設計嘅收藏玩具龍。每個公仔高75毫米,靈感源自中國古代嘅龍,呢種神獸融合咗魚、蛇同鷹嘅特徵。呢個系列共有六款款式、十二種造型。每件作品都經數碼建模，以白色PLA材料以0.1毫米嘅層厚打印而成。打印完成後，每個公仔都經過打磨、噴上底層保護漆、以壓克力顏料人手上色，再加上一層光澤保護漆作最後修飾。呢款設計為成年玩具愛好者提供一件精緻嘅桌面擺飾。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Drago 收藏用玩具龍是 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Drago 收藏用玩具龍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。Drago 收藏用玩具龍出色地滿足需求，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: Dragois a modern collection based on a dragon figure. It was made for interior design and collecting, It is 3 inch in height and all hand-painted. The detailing craftsmanship create a playful sensibility. In this collection, it has six different styles and twelve looks.
Dimensions & Packaging: 75mm x 75mm x 75 mm
Tags: Toy design, collective toy, modern, decoration, pop culture, dragon
Production Technology: Drago is digitally constructed and then used 3D printing method to print. It is printed with white PLA with 0.1mm thick layers. After printed, it had been polished and sprayed with a top coat. All the details were hand-painted with acrylic and then top with another shining coat.
Design Challenge: The key challenge to the product was to create a shape that looks cute and modern. Another challenge is to create a pattern that can perfectly fit in the shape and add playfulness to it, because the shape is irregular and I want to keep the feature of a dragon but also add some interesting pattern in it.
Research: Nowadays there are not much toys designed for adults. I want to design a series of toy that can be collect by modern toy lovers. Modern toy has become an iconic art platform to bring artistry to the public eye, and a fusion of pop-culture and illustration is expected to inject vitality into the modern toy. So I designed a toy that involved in varies color and pattern, I hope this bold design, can be recognizable and evoked people’s love of pop-culture.
Inspiration: Ancient Chinese dragon is a combination of great deals of animals, including fish, snake and eagle. I got my inspiration from this interesting concept. Through mixing and matching of the characteristics that I discovered in the animal world, I created my own dragon. Each Drago have a story to tell.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2019 in New York and finished in May 2019, and was exhibited in New York in May 2019.
Operation Flow: This toy is a whole piece. It can be used for decorating home or use as a beautiful tabletop ornament.
Image Credits: Donna Chi, 2019