Toy

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Designer / Brand: Sha Yang Project Type: Mathematical Early Education Toys Classification: Toy

Elephant Geometry

Elephant Geometry is a mathematics education toy for children over four years old. The design draws on the traditional Chinese story of Cao Chong weighing an elephant, in which equivalent replacement is used to find a weight. Small magnetic triangular and square blocks are joined on a magnetic board to form patterns such as animals and fruits. The area of each pattern is then found by counting the blocks. Cards inserted through a side groove guide play from simple to difficult tasks. The blocks and the board are made of ABS with magnetic discs.

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Designer / Brand: ChungSheng Chen Project Type: Educational Learning Toy Classification: Toy

GrowForest

Helping children to understand sustainable development goals of life on land, the protection, conservation and restoration of forestry. Trees model identical to Taiwan domestic wood species of acacia, incense cedar, Tochigi, Taiwan fir, camphor tree, and Asian fir. Warm touch of wooden texture, the unique scent of each tree species, and the altitude terrain for different tree species. An illustrated story book helps to deep root children with the concept of forest conservation, learning differences between Taiwan tree species, bringing the concept of conservation forests with the picture book.

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Designer / Brand: Daybreak Li Project Type: Toys Classification: Toy

Plutus Spacemen

Plutus Spacemen is a series of collectible toy figures created for teenagers and office workers. The design combines the fortune cat with the astronaut, pairing a spacesuit with a cute and playful appearance. Each figure measures 50 by 50 by 50 millimetres and is made of PVC and ABS. Selected styles are electroplated to vary the surface finish. The series follows a retro theme and uses bold colour combinations based on elements of the twentieth century. The different colours create a sense of anticipation when a package is opened.

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Designer / Brand: Akshata Chitnis Project Type: Game Design Classification: Toy

The Warrior in You

The Warrior in You is a game design that creates a safe space for students to practice and explore healthy coping mechanisms. It also enables parents to understand their kids better through their game choices. The game successfully abstracts the real-life challenges students face by blending them into the fantasy world of warriors on a quest. The true essence of the project lies in the gamification of coping means that help students build essential attributes such as problem-solving, decision making, and empathy to tackle stressful situations in life.

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Designer / Brand: Sha Yang Project Type: Mathematics Early Education Toys Classification: Toy

Elephant Weight

Elephant Weight is a mathematics early education toy for children over three years old. The design is based on the traditional Chinese story Cao Chong Weighs the Elephant, in which equal replacement is used to measure a large object with many small ones. Each small elephant weight is marked with its mass, from 5 grams to 100 grams. An object is placed in the boat, the sinking level is marked, and weights are added until the hull returns to that level. Children add the marked values to learn about weight and numbers.

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Designer / Brand: D&D Contracting ApS Project Type: Construction Set Classification: Toy

Kayoni

Kayoni is a modular construction set for children and adults. The blocks are based on a five millimetre cube module and range from a small plus-shaped part of five cubes to a larger block of sixty-seven cubes. High accuracy interconnecting pins and pockets allow vertical, horizontal and angled assembly in multiple orientations. The blocks are injection moulded in high grade ABS in several colours. Sets contain 100 to 3200 blocks with illustrated assemblies. Kayoni is intended to support creativity, learning and logic through play.

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Designer / Brand: Hanyue Song Project Type: Educational Toy Classification: Toy

Magical Puzzle House

With the opening of the exhibition "My Eye" at West Bund Museum, an extended parent-child activity "Art Fun!" was launched for children aged 3 to 5 and their families. “Art Fun!” included two parts, an interactive exhibition guide and an art creation DIY kit - Magical Puzzle House. Children will provide an interactive guidebook containing 5 interesting mini-games to help them deeply understand the artistic ideas conveyed by the exhibition. In the mini-workshop, children and their parents will build their "Magical Puzzle House" together.

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Designer / Brand: Ilwhan Ahn Project Type: Toy Classification: Toy

Racer

Racer is a great collection for children and collectors with a deep interest in automotive. Racer is a constructive magnetic toy that allows customers to design and personalize their own collection. Racer is also an ornamental toy that looks incredible on a desk, a table, or a wall shelf. Racer is a luxurious toy for children made from long-lasting materials like ABS plastic with a UV-resistant paint finish and FDA-compliant urethane rubber tires.

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Designer / Brand: Fan Bai Project Type: Toy Classification: Toy

Cosmic Man

The design of Cosmic Man interprets the concept that life is limited and consciousness is infinite. One day AI, as the carrier of human consciousness, will accomplish the mission that limited life cannot accomplish. The combination of space exploration, artificial intelligence, and other hot topics makes this collectible toy possess the iconic attributes of the times. The combination and collision of multiple cultural symbols give new vitality to retro-futurism.

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Designer / Brand: Egor Signienko Project Type: social deduction game cards Classification: Toy

Morok

Morok is a new visual story of the famous deductive game Werewolf. Players can try the role of the Inquisition or the Plague Doctor, or can become possessed by the Japanese demons. Cards style is inspired by mysterious Tarot and contains esoteric and occult symbols. It is made in an expressionist manner using 3D graphics, classic art materials and stylization of ancient murals and engravings. To keep the esoteric style, cards size was chosen equal to the Tarot size. The game is made of paperboard with full-color printing, UV varnish and foil so it can be a wonderful gift

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Designer / Brand: Tahsin Cetinoglu Project Type: Toy Classification: Toy

Pike

Pike is an articulated wooden doll. A toy for both small and big children. It is not only a toy but also a poser model for artists and a figure for stop-motion animators. The body parts are easily put together with elastic cords. It does not require any tool thanks to the joint mechanism. Disassembling and reassembling is also a part of the game. It is simply a wooden friend for all ages.

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Designer / Brand: Ana Banić Göttlicher Project Type: Educational Puzzle Classification: Toy

Gla Gla

When creating a distinctly Croatian souvenir for the island of Krk designers came up with a puzzle teaching the players ancient Glagolitic scripture as it appears on the Baska stone tablet (dating back to 1100 AD). Puzzle pieces are made out of olive trees, grown on the island of Krk since ancient Greece. Gla Gla condenses thousands of years of culture into a game allowing the users to piece together bits of Croatian history from the island of Krk and recombine them into new stories and words in any language.

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