Trait Labortary Instructional Materials by Yi-Fu Jhou and Guan-lin Chen |
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| DESIGN NAME: Trait Labortary PRIMARY FUNCTION: Instructional Materials INSPIRATION: In the course of growing up, everyone have heard some people call others with insulting words such as sissy boy, Nancy boy or tomboy, and there have been many cases of sexual bullying in the newspapers and magazines, and students with different gender temperament have often been harassed. During the research phase, trait laboratory found that more than half of the students from the LGBTQ community had been verbally and physically harassed or attacked because of their sexual orientation and gender identity, which shows that the public still lacks gender diversity awareness. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Trait laboratory propose a hypothesis based on the assumption that everyone have genes, which not only affect appearance, but also traits, so Trait laboratory visualize traits into different colors, and through the user's choice, they can mix them to create a personal quality factor. These different color trait genes symbolize the expression of different gender traits. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The use of trait laboratory, a Instructional Materials based on exploring different gender traits. Trait laboratory visualize traits into different colors, and through the user's choice, they can mix them to create a personal quality factor. These different color trait genes symbolize the expression of different gender traits, so that students can intuitively understand that human gender is not just a dichotomy of male or female, but that everyone contains different proportions of masculine and feminine, so as to find out that everyone is a unique individual, and thus respect people of different gender temperaments. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in November 2021 in Taiwan and finished in June 2022 in Taiwan, and was exhibited in Taipei City of Taiwan in June 2022. FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: It is made by the principle of sodium alginate crystal ball; the sodium alginate solution is dropped into the calcium lactate solution, and the calcium ion will replace the sodium ion on the carboxyl group of the sodium alginate, so that the connection between the sodium alginate molecules is stronger, forming a structure which composed of reticular fiber, and the contents can be wrapped in a gel structure to form a semipermeable membrane. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: It is made by the principle of sodium alginate crystal ball; the sodium alginate solution is dropped into the calcium lactate solution, and the calcium ion will replace the sodium ion on the carboxyl group of the sodium alginate, so that the connection between the sodium alginate molecules is stronger, forming a structure which composed of reticular fiber, and the contents can be wrapped in a gel structure to form a semipermeable membrane. Mix the sodium alginate solution with food coloring to make solutions of different colors to present different gender traits. TAGS: Education, Gender equality, Gender temperaments, Children, Experiment RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Trait laboratory found that more than half of the students from the LGBTQ community had been verbally and physically harassed because of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Trait laboratory visualize traits into different colors, and through the user's choice, we can mix them to create a personal quality factor. These different color trait genes symbolize the expression of different gender traits, so that students can intuitively understand that human gender is not just a dichotomy of male or female, but that everyone contains different proportions of masculine and feminine. CHALLENGE: Everyone has different views on gender. Some people think that human beings are only divided into male and female gender because of physiological structural factors, gender stereotypes are still happening. Through the promotion of instructional materials, some people can change traditional thinking and viewpoints. When someone doubts the real feasibility of the instructional materials, trait laboratory allows children to actually use the instructional materials, explain and carry out activities through field operations. Children can happily create trait gene and give back and gain. ADDED DATE: 2022-03-15 07:45:49 TEAM MEMBERS (2) : Designer: Yifu Jhou and Designer: Guan lin Chen IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1 Photographer Trait Laboratory, colors that symbolize different gender trait, 2022 Image #2 Photographer Trait Laboratory, “Trait gene” of different people, 2022 Image #3 Photographer Trait Laboratory, refer to “analysis manual”, 2022 Image #4 Photographer Trait Laboratory, children are creating the "trait gene", 2022 Image #5 Photographer Trait Laboratory, creating the "trait gene", 2022 |
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NAME: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology PROFILE: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech) was founded in 1991. Yuntech is constituted of 5 colleges, namely College of Engineering, College of Management, College of Design, College of Humanities and Applied Science, and College of Future. Through joint effort, the School currently offers 22 Departments, 26 Master Programs, and 13 Doctoral Programs. Nearly 10,000 students have chosen to pursue their education here. More than half of our teachers and instructors have acquired Doctoral qualifications from prestigious universities in Europe, United States, and Japan.At YunTech, over 91% of the teaching staff has hands-on experience, and more than 80% engage in industry-university cooperation. Consequently, YunTech takes the lead in the achievements of the industry-and-university cooperation in Taiwan. According to the 2019 University Impact Rankings announced by Times Higher Education, the ranking of its total score fell between No. 101 and No. 200 worldwide. |
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Trait Labortary Instructional Materials by Yi-Fu Jhou and Guan-Lin Chen is Runner-up for A' Design Award in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design Category, 2021 - 2022.· Read the interview with designer Yi-Fu Jhou and Guan-lin Chen for design Trait Labortary here.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Yi-Fu Jhou and Guan-lin Chen. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Yi-Fu Jhou and Guan-lin Chen. |
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