Andrea Diaz + Serena Bircher + Bryce Duyvewaardt
Build a Universe is a wooden assembly toy that uses interlocking notches to allow the user to create a three dimensional form that abstractly mimics planets and their obits, forming a interactive play space.
The challenge
To design and manufacture an interactive wood object for one particular child between the ages of 4-8 years old, while implementing technical and theoretical principals of semi-automated wood manufacturing.
Process + Ideation
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Design and Sketching Sessions
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Hudson loves everything to do with outer space and has an incredible amount of knowledge on the subject (and when I say incredible I don’t just mean for a 5 year old, I mean for anyone) He also loves to build things. He says he already has a lot of toys but doesn’t have any sets or spaces to play with them. So we wanted to combine these two loves and give him a interactive setting to play with his toys.
Hudson’s house did not have a lot of storage so it was important to design something that could be easily put way ( much to the appreciation of his mother)
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Final Product
Meet our co designer Hudson
Age: 5
Interests:
science
space
dinosaurs
cars maps
building
experiments
exploration
Earth
volcanos
Lego
puzzles
board games
jelly fish
Age: 5
Interests:
science
space
dinosaurs
cars maps
building
experiments
exploration
Earth
volcanos
Lego
puzzles
board games
jelly fish
Hudson loves everything to do with outer space and has an incredible amount of knowledge on the subject (and when I say incredible I don’t just mean for a 5 year old, I mean for anyone) He also loves to build things. He says he already has a lot of toys but doesn’t have any sets or spaces to play with them. So we wanted to combine these two loves and give him a interactive setting to play with his toys.
Hudson’s house did not have a lot of storage so it was important to design something that could be easily put way ( much to the appreciation of his mother)
Final Product