Mastodonts Toy by Pablo Saracho |
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| DESIGN NAME: Mastodonts PRIMARY FUNCTION: Toy INSPIRATION: How could I mix together minimal designs plus mechanics to create new and different toys? And always having as a target being 100% natural. From the attraction to wood to "what if the wood attracts itself to build different toys?" UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: It is a family of wooden magnetic toys. Minimalistic design. No plastic, paint, varnish, nor glue. From one body you can build four animals by changing heads, mouths and ears. You cannot see the different animals until you put all the pieces together. It is all beech wood and magnets. It is finished with wax made of olive oil and beeswax. It is all presented in a box made of poplar and cardboard beds for the pieces. We also include a cloth and a tin of wax to maintain the Mastodonts. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: It just need imagination to build it, that is because there is no instructions with it. The wood has magnets embed that helps to join the pieces and assemble the animal. Remember that is one body with 4 different heads to choose. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in April 2011 in Segovia, Spain. It finished in May 2014 in Segovia, Spain. FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: We design on paper. Then we redesign using a 3D software to verify: measures, mechanisms, balances, resistances etc. Then we translate it into CAM software so that a CNC machine can drill it from the beech wood board that has already been cut, planned and sanded. We separate the pieces from the board by sanding them, and we need a new hand sanding for the finish. The magnets are inserted into the wood by pressure. All the pieces are waxed (beeswax and olive oil cooked by us) and polished. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Olaf:176mm x 276mm x 145mm around 1,5kg. weight Groso:77mm x 294mm x 165mm around 1,6kg. weight Hipu:69mm x 290mm x 145mm around 1,7kg. weight Riin:176mm x 276mm x 145mm around 1,6kg. weight The whole box (package of the complete pack): 310mm x 310mm x 330mm around 5kg. weight TAGS: wooden toys, mastodonts, wooden animals, wood and magnets, magnets, 100% natural, wood, design, building, construction, RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Research on wooden toys was a first step. We visited cities where wooden animals are a market trend and collected toys and references to analyze: what matters, finishing, production methods/countries, prices. We found a gap between toys and design; animals as a common denominator, but mainly puzzles or figures. Axes were: 100 percent natural and surprising, if not together you see nothing, wood and magnets to be a building toy. Result: 22 pieces, 1 body, 4 animals. Test with real kids was final. CHALLENGE: Design challenges: to design wooden pieces that when all apart seem mechanical pieces but when you put them together they are 4 animals that share the same body. Production challenge: use CNC machinery to produce in Europe; having to invent non-existing mechanisms and processes; in Spain is really expensive and difficult to start a company moreover a factory. Price challenge: to be able to fit a high quality product into market prices (we deal with a lot of intermediaries that rise prices). ADDED DATE: 2014-09-14 08:06:04 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Mayte Ruiz de Velasco IMAGE CREDITS: Photographers: Aitor Diago & Pablo Saracho |
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| Visit the following page to learn more: http://wodibow.com/ | |||||
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NAME: Wodibow PROFILE: The company was born under the premises of combining nature and design. At wodibow they believe that toys can have high doses of design and be 100% natural at the same time. Since they design and produce in Spain, they can double-check every one of the pieces that they put in the market. They can supervise every step of the production process. Besides, they believe that one of their production pillars is having invested in buying high technology (CNC machinery) to achieve a high level of quality. Their way of doing is "maker philosophy" like. At wodibow, they don’t rely on plastics at all nor in any product that are not environment friendly. That is why they use 100% natural products that don’t contain anything that could pollute the planet, people, or animals. They commit to never use plastic. And if they ever use paint or glue it shall be non-polluting. |
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Mastodonts Toy by Pablo Saracho is Winner in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design Category, 2014 - 2015.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Pablo Saracho. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Pablo Saracho. |
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