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Double Cross

Mr. Pip's Double Cross is a dice game that is also designed to be a sculptural object that users prefer to leave out, serving as a reminder to play. The game is a wild, fast, and hilarious party game, which re-imagines Liar’s Dice, the most popular dice game in the world. The form is made up from 6 cups which come together around a central hub that contains 30 playing dice, Made for 2-6 players. When not in use, the parts collectively form a modern object meant to be left out as decor. The game transcends cultural differences and language barriers to connect people from all backgrounds.

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Kebrick

The Kebrick design team redefines beach and snow toys, analyzing how they have adapted to the users' needs. After an indepth research and talks with parents and experts, the team concentrated on designing a toy that would boost children's (ages 4 - 6) creativity. The design focuses on their psychomotricity needs and intellectual challenges. Kebrick comes unassembled. Kids create different shapes by interconnecting the pieces. Once they build the desired shape, they just fill in the resulting mold with damp sand or snow and slide it up to reveal the finished shape in the sand or snow.

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Delta Games

Delta Games is the next generation action figure game combining action figure, comic book, mobile app & voice recognition technologies as one product, these 4 elements together create an interactive and immersive experience. The series consist of a superhero human, a battle robot and an alien warrior. Kids can either read the comic book or install a free app to read it digitally. Figures take commands from kids and verbalize dialogues & sound effects, also help kids to make decisions at certain point of the story.

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braille blocks

Braille blocks is a children’s toy that allows blind or visually impaired toddlers to understand what surfaces and textures correspond with certain words. Each braille block set comes with 10 wooden blocks, each covered in a unique texture. The word used to describe the texture is written in braille & in print on the top of each block. The set comes with a wooden box for storage in addition to a removable, interactive wood mat for matching. Toddlers will be able to interact with everyday textures and learn how to identify them.

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Green Science

As young minds learn and develop, 4M feel it is imperative that they become increasingly aware of important world issues, such as the environment. The Green Science series aims at teaching children to develop green habits at an early age and making learning about the environment in a fun way. To encourage awareness among children, each product contains interesting recycling tips and fun facts which can be applied in their daily lives and to arouse their curiosity to explore the environment.

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Rampage

Rampage System is an interlocking component building system that allows the customer to build a variety toy and game model structures. The individual components are crafted in a fantasy pop-culture style. Rampage System capitalises on the rise of home 3d printing by delivering the product digitally. While this requires the customer to invest in a 3d home printer, the cost is offset over time. Home 3D printing the components also means that the customer only needs to print the pieces they require.

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Design interview of the day

Read the latest interviews and conversations on design, creativity and innovation between design journalist and world-famous designers, artists and architects. See latest design projects and award-winning designs by famous designers, artists, architects and innovators. Discover new insights on creativity, innovation, arts, design and architecture. Learn about design processes of great designers.

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