DESIGN NAME: Little Houses
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Sensory Play Space Divider
INSPIRATION: This project was inspired by the fact that all children want their own space at home and they try to create it by putting blankets on various domestic things. The mane form of panels is little house, and with 5 panels you can create your own house at home. There also are big and small holes. Big holes are abstract windows and doors and small ones are for various sensory activity, decoration and for object lightness. Possibility to move panels around gives freedom to create your own shapes.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Little Houses is a unique modular space divider made for furnishing any early childhood learning environment and create different activity zones in any child-centered setting. Sensory Play Space Divider helps developing sensory skills, fine motor skills, self-expression and imagination, communication skills, aesthetics and raise imaginative children. Every panel of this divider can rotate 330 degree, and folds flat when it’s not used. There is 685 holes for various sensory activity.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Sensory play space devider operation is very intuitive and simple. You just grab the panels and move arount to create your desirable shape. When you did that know is time for play with squishy tubes, crocheted strings or even with a wooden sticks. It’s time when your imagination flourishes and skills develops.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in September 2014 in Vilnius and finished in August 2015 in Vilnius
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Sensory play space divider is made using CNC milling machine to cut panels from laminated plywood. Very important part is hand made assambly and finishing touches by sanding every 685 little holes for pleseant feeling. The hinge is special made for this divider, and that hinge allows panels move to both sides and fold flat.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Dimensions: Width 2622 mm x Depth 15 mm x Height 894 mm
Package: carboard box, Width 530 mm x Depth 150 mm x Height 910 mm
TAGS: sensory play, space divider, kids space, children creativity, design for children, play space, minimalictic design, aesthetics
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Close cooperation with up-to-date kindergardens let us observe and understant the needs. What creativity tools are needed or what is wrong with already existing ones. Comparing different creative education methods and merging creative activites are found new ones and incorporated in new developing products. Observed existed objects let us avoid mistakes and create opportunity to offer not seen objects with minimalistic approach.
CHALLENGE: When we created this divider we have a vision, that this object has to be minimalistic, abstract and would be a perfect base for creative young minds to flourish. The biggest challenge was - hinge. Majority of existing ready made hinges are rough, cold metal, industrial and we wanted that this one would be as as less noticeable as possible and has as little interest as possible for the small ones and I think we succeeded. Also interesting and creative challenge was little hols pattern and big hols positioning, because these hols are the main thing in this object. We wanted that this play space divider would be functional, interesting and inviting to investigate.
ADDED DATE: 2018-02-14 15:06:15
TEAM MEMBERS (1) : CEO: Vita Markevičiūtė
IMAGE CREDITS: Karolis Milasevicius
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