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This watch’s infographic face helps children understand time and build their daily schedules
The easiest way to break down the concept of time to a young-one is by explaining the activities associated with it. Morning is when you brush your teeth and get to school, afternoon is when you eat lunch and take a nap, evenings are for recreation and dinner, and the night is to sleep without creating too much of a fuss.
Rather than teaching kids the concept of time by straight-away throwing them into numbers, hours, minutes, and seconds, the Daycare-At-Home watch gives kids a primer by taking the traditional 12-hour clock and using it as a clever infographic to guide the child through the day. The watch’s face comes in a 12-hour format, breaking the day into two parts, 12 hours of wakefulness and activities, and 12-hours of rest and relaxation. The watch sports an hour, minute, and second hand, but in the preliminary stages, the red hour-hand is all that matters. It points to zones of the watch’s face, which instead of being broken up into numbers, are split into zones and color-coded with simple pictographs. These simple icons allow kids to differentiate between study-time, play-time, nap-time, etc, while the size of the zone helps them understand the duration of the activity. The pictographs even cleverly help differentiate between breakfast, lunch, and dinner by creating plates of different sizes, emphasizing the value of the meal! The icons stop around the 7PM mark, indicating bed-time to kids, and resume after a full 12-hours at 7AM to begin another day!
With its unique approach to time-telling, the Daycare-At-Home watch doesn’t just teach children the concept of time, it teaches them the value of time too!
Designer: Studio PAULBAUT (Paul Kweton)
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The wireless shark hair dryer is a fin-tastic conceptual design!
This conceptual wireless shark fin hair dryer was designed for children but I will happily admit that I would love to have one too! Usually, children are not allowed to use hair dryers by themselves because the wires can be dangerous, so a wireless hair dryer with a playful form can solve that issue for us. Wires can also endanger adults so I am declaring this to be a universal design, bring on the shark fins…I meant fans.
The dryer’s ergonomic build is based on the form of an actual shark fin. The shark fin is the dryer and the wireless charging pad has been shaped to form waves – despite not being based on a more joyful fish like the clownfish, the shark fin and waves evoke a sense of childhood nostalgia. The front of the handle has a switch that allows the user to adjust the heat between two levels and also a function that enables a cool blast of air to set your style. There are three glowing lights on the rear side of the handle which indicate when the dryer is on and what battery level it is at. A simple lightning motif on the base marks where the charging cord should go when the wireless device battery is running low. The minimal design and muted colors appeal to users of all age groups.
The ridges of the ‘waves’ base seamlessly blend with the dryer when at rest giving it the look we all recognize from movies, books, and aquariums – the peeking fin! This wireless shark fin hair dryer is a classic innovative product that everyone is bound to love. Anyone else’s brain singing baby shark?
Designer: Sangheum Park