Toy

Explore 84 award-winning designs tagged Toy on DesignAmid Magazine.

Designer: Esmail Ghadrdani Work: Wood Toy Classification: Toy

Cubecor

Cubecor is a simple yet intricate toy challenging the children's power of thinking and creativity and familiarizes them with colors and simple, complementary and functional fittings. By attaching small cubes to each other, the set will be complete. Various easy connections including magnets, Velcro and pins are used in parts. Finding connections and connecting them to each other, completes the cube. Also reinforces their three-dimensional understanding by persuading the child to complete a simple and familiar volume.

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Designer: ILSA YUMENG LI Work: Tactile Meditation Playset Classification: Toy

Meta Zen

Meta Zen is a meditation playset for adults and co-create interior decor. Minimalism in forms, employing widely recognized Zen aesthetics with parametric design, the modules complete the dynamic sand pattern, from a three-piece table object to a whole facade decoration, deploying a Zen atmosphere in minutes. Modular panels embed magnets to ease precise alignment efforts in building, which is friendly to visually impaired people, elders, and users with hand tremors. The patented modular system is quaint with rich texture and organically colored from fully biodegradable material.

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Designer: Anny Team Work: 3D Printer Classification: Toy

Candy

Candy is a home 3D printer for children that prints edible shapes from candy granules. The machine is controlled by a mobile application, which allows the printing order, number and size of each model to be set. Three tanks hold three different candy flavours, so taste and colour can be combined in one print. The granules are heated, melted and formed through a nozzle. The body is made of plastic with a matte surface, and a transparent acrylic window opens by a spring switch to remove the finished candy. The design is inspired by the Chinese folk art of sugar figure blowing.

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Designer: Zhou Leijing Work: Rhythm Exercises Toy Classification: Toy

Poly Beat

Poly Beat is a rhythm exercise toy designed for children. Geometric polygons are used to make musical rhythm visible, helping children understand notes and rhythm patterns. The toy is made of injection-moulded plastic. Children insert note blocks into discs and place four discs into a column base. A camera at the top reads the colours of the blocks, and one button plays the matching rhythmic sound. A second button switches the sound to drums, marimba, piano or guitar. Free assembly of the blocks allows children to create their own rhythms.

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Designer: Martin Oberhauser Work: Training Tool and Game Classification: Toy

Boulderball

The smallest bouldering wall in the world. Boulderball is the first combined training tool and game specifically made for climbers, finger-strength training and climbing technique. Inspired by climbers, the Boulderball packs an ideal climb-training tool and fidgeting game for climbers into a small ball that can be brought along everywhere. Through an innovative assembling system (plug and play) the climbing holds keep the structure together and provide the connection points for the primary structure.

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Designer: Zhong Huang Work: Building Block Classification: Toy

Shangfang Large Seal Script

Shangfang Large Seal Script is an educational building block set for children. The design is inspired by The Book of Family Names, a classic Chinese reading text about family names. Chinese family name characters are shown in Shangfang large seal script, an ancient style of writing. The blocks are joined by mortise and tenon, a traditional Chinese joining technique. Foundation blocks and connectors of different types and sizes are combined according to the strokes of each character. The parts are made of ABS, a recyclable molded material.

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Designer: Chien-Chen Lai Work: Amblyopia Trainer Classification: Toy

E yes

E Yes is a game-based training aid designed to help correct amblyopia in children. Modular combinations guide children through visual zoom exercises, eye muscle training and color discrimination. Lenses on both sides of the telescope module work with augmented reality transparencies, so children can explore the surrounding environment without electric power. Switching focus between near and far objects exercises the eye lens and the ciliary muscle. A vision test panel allows regular checks, so changes in sight can be tracked early. The body is made of polypropylene.

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Designer: NIO Life Work: Game Classification: Toy

Nomi Mahjong

Nomi Mahjong is a mahjong set created for the traditional Chinese table game. The tiles use a black base with blue details, drawn from the Nio brand color scheme, to create a high contrast appearance. Figures of the Nomi intelligent assistant appear in several forms on the tiles. The one dot tile takes the shape of Nomi, and the bamboo tiles are based on the letter I in the name Nomi. The tiles are made of high grammage melamine, the dice of alloy and the chips of clay. The portable storage box has a sliding lid for quick storage.

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Designer: Yang Zhang Work: Building Toy Classification: Toy

The pipe circuit

Water Pipe Circuit is a building toy that helps children understand the basic principles of electric circuits. The design compares the flow of electricity to the flow of water, so connecting a circuit becomes as simple as joining pipes. Each electronic component is sealed inside an independent module, and modules with different functions are given different colors. The module type and the light path that shows the current are engraved on the shell by laser. Each time a module is joined, the module lights up to confirm a correct connection. The toy is made of ABS and PC.

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Designer: eMotionLAB Limited Work: Game Kit Classification: Toy

Divergence

Divergence is a bilingual card game kit for learning design thinking. The kit offers a simple and enjoyable way for entry-level learners and creative teams to practise the process through interactive, storytelling-based gameplay of about 1.5 hours. Players collaborate and compete to solve a user-centred challenge by applying essential techniques. Divergence suits three to six players and is available in physical and downloadable versions, with supporting introduction videos. Illustrated character cards encourage imagination and conversation.

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Designer: Hanyue Song Work: Educational Toy Classification: Toy

Magical Puzzle House

With the opening of the exhibition "My Eye" at West Bund Museum, an extended parent-child activity "Art Fun!" was launched for children aged 3 to 5 and their families. “Art Fun!” included two parts, an interactive exhibition guide and an art creation DIY kit - Magical Puzzle House. Children will provide an interactive guidebook containing 5 interesting mini-games to help them deeply understand the artistic ideas conveyed by the exhibition. In the mini-workshop, children and their parents will build their "Magical Puzzle House" together.

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Designer: D&D Contracting ApS Work: Construction Set Classification: Toy

Kayoni

Kayoni is a modular construction set for children and adults. The blocks are based on a five millimetre cube module and range from a small plus-shaped part of five cubes to a larger block of sixty-seven cubes. High accuracy interconnecting pins and pockets allow vertical, horizontal and angled assembly in multiple orientations. The blocks are injection moulded in high grade ABS in several colours. Sets contain 100 to 3200 blocks with illustrated assemblies. Kayoni is intended to support creativity, learning and logic through play.

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