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Shangfang Large Seal Script

Shangfang Large Seal Script is an educational building block set inspired by the ancient Chinese classic enlightened reading material The Book of Family Names which can be dated back to 1000 years ago, a toy joined by mortise and tenon. This technique has been handed down and developed for more than 7000 years till now. Immersing in the fun of building bricks, players are guided to admire the immense historical heritage and unique culture of China over the past thousand years.

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Meta Zen

Meta Zen is a meditation playset for adults and co-create interior decor. Minimalism in forms, employing widely recognized Zen aesthetics with parametric design, the modules complete the dynamic sand pattern, from a three-piece table object to a whole facade decoration, deploying a Zen atmosphere in minutes. Modular panels embed magnets to ease precise alignment efforts in building, which is friendly to visually impaired people, elders, and users with hand tremors. The patented modular system is quaint with rich texture and organically colored from fully biodegradable material.

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Imaginator

It is a deck of 50 abstract colourful, mysterious, mind bending cards with curious, thoughtful and fun questions which not only brightens your day, evening or trip (no matter where) but also pokes you inside and makes you think about the most unexpected aspects of life as a human being. 50 unique graphic compositions was created consistently and step by step adding figures that have same style and technic but various by its meaning and message that everyone sees differently and triggers different strings that brings associations unique to each person.

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Habitat

Habitat, the toy bricks was designated to convey the concept of climate change cause damage to ecosystem and inspire children's awareness of ecological protection and to educate preschool children about climate action. Made of Spanish cork bark material which is no trees were chop down for the sake of production, is antistatic that avoid dust adhere, prevent children from asthma and allergies. Made up of gradients of shape and colors, open-ended stackable toy brick in natural habitat scenario.

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Dastbaf

The Persian carpet is the most significant aspect of Persian culture. The initial design idea for a board game on a carpet weaving theme originated from the visual principles of Persian miniatures. Illustrations follow the symbolism and abstraction in Persian carpet design as they allow players to interact with each other and brake into the game story. Player boards are specific cities in Iran that are the most recognized for their handmade carpets. Color diversity and dancing motifs surrounding a part of a carpet are considered in the package illustration to empower the visual identity.

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Concave-Convex

The tenon and mortise building blocks are 211 pieces in total, extracted from the traditional Chinese tenon and mortise structure and simplified into 30 simple tenons and mortises (such as square dovetail, T-shaped tenon, etc.) suitable for young children to play. The tenon and mortise are made of dark black walnut wood and light beech wood, respectively. The natural color and simple wood sense make children feel the power of nature in play, and learn the wisdom of the ancients.

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