2030 City Blueprint Educational Learning Toy by Chen Yu, Yi Lin, Sih Ci and Chih Ling |
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| DESIGN NAME: 2030 City Blueprint PRIMARY FUNCTION: Educational Learning Toy INSPIRATION: Many of the fundamental values of tomorrow society are being formed in early childhood contexts today. Since the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs, is the plan to build a better world for people which were adopted by United Nations Member States in 2015. Among the 17 goals, the SDGs no.11th, to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Early childhood education therefore has a major role to play in achieving sustainable development, and by toys as a tool to enhance preschool children consciousness and established the concept of the SDGs. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is an early childhood educational toy, focusing on the sustainable development of cities. Children can learn by playing to understand the requirement of city development process with various components. To cultivate basic concepts during early childhood stage is fundamental. The playing mechanism can develop children hand eye coordination and their autonomy capability. Compared with the puzzle building blocks in the market, instead materials used commonly like wood or plastic, recycle corrugated fiberboard as main material since recycling also conforms to sustainable development objective. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Play teaching aids with city building as the core, during the game, you can first color the objects made of corrugated paper to cultivate patience and concentration, then assemble the baseboard according to the silhouette figure configured on the blueprint, improves visual observation during assembly, final stage begins to stack houses, and with illustrations to guide education, let children integrate into the situation to play toys. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project began in June 2021 and was completed in Tainan, Taiwan in March 2022. Attending Young Designer's Exhibition(Yodex) June 2022 in Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall. FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Material: corrugated paper, Production technology: using laser cutting, output plane, hand-painted and glued. Surface treatment: color using non-toxic waterproof acrylic paint, part of the surface retains the surface texture of corrugated paper. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Material：corrugate TAGS: Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, Educational Learning Toy, City Blueprint, Inclusive, Safe, Resilient, Sustainable RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Type of study: STEAM education focus on Sustainable Development Goals. Objectives：To raise consciousness on the sustainable development goals for preschool age children, especially the issues of urban sustainability, inclusive, safe and resilient. Method: Type analysis, urban environment analysis, material analysis, toy type size analysis Data Collection: Market research for children aged 3-6, market analysis of toys aged 3-6 and analysis of the opinions of teachers and leaders in early childhood education Research tools: Rhinoceros 3D,Adobe Illustrator, KeyShot CHALLENGE: Corrugated paper as the only materials made this puzzle toy unique and different from other toy materials on the market, due to the thicker part of the paper, it cannot be completely cut during laser cutting, and it needs to be manually modified, because of the large number of objects in the shape, the color plan was constantly adjusted. In order to achieve the final ideal shape and color, the team tried and revised many times, and finally came up with the best solution. ADDED DATE: 2022-02-28 16:51:47 TEAM MEMBERS (6) : Instructor: ChungSheng Chen, Designer: ChenYu Pan, Designer: YiLin Chen, Designer: SihCi Huang, Designer: ChihLing Kuo and Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department. IMAGE CREDITS: ChenYu Pan, YiLin Chen, SihCi Huang, ChihLing Kuo. |
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NAME: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Deparment PROFILE: Established in 1965, Tainan University of Technology is an university with “cultural creativity” as the core value, they devote themselves to educate talents with the ability of “applicable practicing” and “humanistic technology” that conforms to the needs of the society and the industries. To fulfill this goal, they are positioned and advancing to a technology university of “cultural and creative teachings.” |
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2030 City Blueprint Educational Learning Toy by Chen Yu, Yi Lin, Sih Ci and Chih Ling is Winner in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design Category, 2021 - 2022.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Chen Yu, Yi Lin, Sih Ci and Chih Ling. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Chen Yu, Yi Lin, Sih Ci and Chih Ling. |
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