A magical cushion for children
Have you ever imagined that? One day furniture can be turned into an amusement facility so that you and your children can make the living room a playground and create your own imaginary space. It's a magical cushion. It's so interesting that most furniture can't keep up. It meets all your needs. Children can enjoy doodling, climbing, and playfulness with it. It's muro.
Location | Tainan, Taiwan
Launch | June 2020
Tools | SolidWorks, Adobe Creative Suite, Keyshot
Role | Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Brand Identification
Award | Nomination for Special Sponsorship Young Pin Design Award 2021, Gold Award of NCKU ID Summer Exhibition 2020
Toy Design
Due to the pandemic, parents are reluctant to bring their children to the park or playground outside. Despite the seriousness of the covid-19, kids still need a space to release their vitality. In order to keep the laughter of children, We started to think about how to create a playground for the children in the home's limited space.
Research
With the increasing proportion of two-income families in Taiwan, parents' time with their children is becoming more and more limited, so spending time with their children in an efficient and "high quality" manner has become a significant concern for parents. Due to the busy work schedule, parents do not have much time to spend with their children, and most parents think they should spend time with their children when they are on vacation.
Interview and Fieldwork
We conducted interviews and fieldwork to better understand our users and users' affinity group. To observe the interaction between interviewees in the authentic field, we set the interview location in the interviewees' house. After that, we came up with turning a living room into a playground. Our interviewees responded that they believed it would be fantastic to combine the playground with the furniture.
Design with Chidren
Our team made a prototype with cartons and coordinated with children. Our opinion was to let the children join our team and make our design more aligned with their expectations to match their preferences entirely. This process was fascinating and vital for us. We had lots of fun with the children and stirred up various ideas.
Insight
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Design Princles
With the increasing proportion of two-income families in Taiwan, parents' time with their children is becoming more and more limited, so spending time with their children in an efficient and "high quality" manner has become a significant concern for parents. Due to the busy work schedule, parents do not have much time to spend with their children, and most parents think they should spend time with their children when they are on vacation.
Ideation
In this stage, we revolved around the idea of combining furniture with an inclusive playground, including shape, mechanism, and size. We tried our best to achieve the design goal of safety for children, simple cleanliness, and great storage. Furthermore, we discussed the interaction functionality between our product and the actual field.
