Press Release
A' Design Award in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design Goes to Ovo Melody Toy for Visual Disable by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin
Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin recognized for toys, games and hobby products design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Ovo Melody Toy for Visual Disable by Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin, designed for Size M design studio, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Ovo Melody Toy for Visual Disable
Ovo Melody is a musical toy designed for players of any age with little or no musical knowledge. Nodes are placed on tracks, and a ball with a magnetic sensor rolls down and reads the strength of each node magnet to identify the musical scale. The data is then sent by Bluetooth to a base station, which plays the sound. The base holds different instruments, so trumpet, piano or guitar can be selected by switching the bottom part. Braille notation marks each component and the instruction cards, so visually impaired people can also recreate known melodies or compose new ones.
Award Record
With this recognition, Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2019 - 2020 and the 2020 - 2021 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design Award
The A' Toy Design Award is an international toy design competition recognizing good toy designs by best toy designers, manufacturers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to toy designers, game studios, industrial designers and hobby product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include dolls, action figures, board games, puzzles, plush toys and educational toys. The awarded toy designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/toy
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/105966
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/105966
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!105966
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/203993
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Ovo Melody Toy for Visual Disable
- Function
- Toy for Visual Disable
- Category
- Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Light Gray, Silver, Dark Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Size M design studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Marco Guariglia and Jui Ju Lin
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #105966
Credits
- Team
- Marco Guariglia, Jui Ju Lin and Chih Hung Hsu, Keng Ju Lin, Ray Peng, Xerox Lin
- Image Credits
- Image #main: Marco Guariglia/2020/Taipei; Marco Guariglia/2020/Taipei
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- By placing different nodes on the tracks, users can either recreate the music they heard before or make new music on their own. The base contains different instruments, so by switching the bottom the music can be played by trumpet, piano, guitar etc. The designer wish to add a bit of fun when people stay home for the 14 days, during this epidemic.
- Inspiration
- This project started as a set of toy for anyone in any age/background to enjoy music, but it became much more than just a set of toy. The concept of this project came from a well-known infant toy that put a ball on a track and the ball will slide down from the track.
- Research
- The instructional cards are the musical scores of melodies in preset arrangements with movable square locators on each card to enable a visually impaired person to find the musical note on the card then to find the corresponding node to attach to the tracks.
- Challenge
- Visual disable experience to the most challenging part of this project. Each part of the project are marked with braille notation. By trying the prototype, the team adjust the positions of braille, and show it as what present.
- Realization and Technology
- Each node has a magnet with a different strength, so the ball with a magnetic sensor inside can recognize the difference and judge the musical scale. After detecting, the ball transmits the data to the base station by Bluetooth to play music.
- Operation and Interaction
- This toy instrument is made for preschool to adult players with little or no musical knowledge and specifically using braille notation it is for visually impaired person's enjoyment.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2019 in Taipei and planed to finish in Dec 2020.
- Specifications
- Width 300mm x Depth 80mm x Height 390 mm
- Keywords
- waronvirus, toydesign, visualdisibility, adesign, musictoy, stayhome
