Tactile Enrichment Ghjoculi Fidget da Ruoyou Zhou

U designu Tactile Enrichment Ghjoculi Fidget da Ruoyou Zhou hè un vincitore altamente stimatu di u prestigiosu premiu 2026 A' Design Award di Ferru in a Categuria di Cumpetizione Disignu di Ghjochetti.

FerruGhjochetti· 2026

Tactile Enrichment Ghjoculi Fidget

da Ruoyou Zhou

Cliente: Ruoyou Zhou

Vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru in a Categuria Ghjochetti

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U Cuncepimentu

À propositu di Tactile Enrichment Ghjoculi Fidget

L'Arricchimentu Tattile hè una seria di ghjoculi fidget chì si cuncentranu nantu à u sensu di u toccu. A seria hè cumposta da cinque cubi, ognunu misura 50 per 50 per 50 millimetri. Ogni cubu hè fattu da un solu materiale: terracotta, coghju, metallu, legnu o tessutu. U listessu mudellu tridimensiunale hè applicatu à tutti i cinque cubi, cusì a diffarenza trà i materiali pò esse sentuta cù a manu. Ogni materiale hà un pesu, una temperatura è un odore sfarenti. I cubi ponu esse tenuti in manu è aduprati per ghjucà mentre l'ochji sò occupati è e mani sò libere. U scopu hè di riduce a dipendenza da a vista è di dà à u toccu un rollu più impurtante in l'esperienza cutidiana.

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À propositu di u A' Design Award di Ferru

Tactile Enrichment Ghjoculi Fidget hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru, una ricunniscenza prestigiosa attribuita à i boni disegni chì rispondenu à i requisiti prufessiunali è industriali aspettati da creazioni ben cuncipite. I vincitori di Ferru dimustranu una grande abilità, una alta specializazione, una cumpresa esperta è a capacità creativa di i so creatori. Si aspetta chì Tactile Enrichment Ghjoculi Fidget sia una creazione assai apprezzata, ammirata è cara chì hè pratica è innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru integra e migliori pratiche di u settore è hà caratteristiche tecniche cumpetenti ligate à u sapè fà è à u talentu. Tactile Enrichment Ghjoculi Fidget hè rispettatu per a so meticulosità è hè cuncipitu per furnisce miglioramenti di a qualità di a vita chì aiutanu à fà di u mondu un locu megliu.

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Pruprietà Uniche: We understand the world through our five senses, receiving emotions and information every day. This project is a series of fidget toys that rethink our sensory habits, which often rely too much on vision. It shifts the focus to touch. The same pattern is made from different materials, allowing users to feel variations in texture and resistance with their hands. By reducing visual input, the work highlights how touch and other senses can become the main source of experience and emotion.
Dimensioni è Imballaghju: 50 × 50 × 50 mm .five pieces.
Etichette: Fidget toy, Without Visual Dependence, Touch, Smell, Series, Mixed materials, Toy, Playful
Tecnulugia di Pruduzzione: Five materials were used, clay, leather, metal, wood, and fabric. Three dimensional textures were shaped into each material. Then the materials were cut into small pieces and attached to the cube. This required constant checking to ensure every piece fit perfectly after assembly. Each cube has six sides, and I made five cubes in total, like completing a 120 piece collage puzzle in different materials.
Sfida di Designu: The biggest challenge was repetitive work and making sure every piece fit perfectly. To avoid gaps after assembly, each material piece had to be sanded by hand. For the metal cube, thin and hard stainless steel was used. After many trials, I chose laser cutting to shape the pieces, then filled the gaps with putty and finished with spray paint. The most enjoyable process was sewing the leather cube, marking, punching holes, stitching, and tying the thread. I truly enjoyed each step.
Ricerca: This project explores tactile experience without relying on sight. About 83 percent of the information we receive comes from vision. When reliance on vision is reduced, the other senses become stronger and more memorable. At the exhibition, visitors could freely touch and play with the objects and write down their thoughts on each material. The interactive display received positive feedback, as interaction is part of the research and the work serves as a bridge between me and the audience.
Ispirazione: In daily life, we often play with small objects to ease anxiety or boredom, clicking a pen or turning keys in our hands. Fidget toys were created from this behavior. Based on this and my research on the five senses, I designed this series using different materials to explore new possibilities. Enrichment in animal care means providing toys or spaces to reduce stress and improve well being. As humans living in concrete cities, we also face stress. This design asks whether we also need enrichment.
Durata di u Prugettu: In April 2023, I began researching the five senses, touch, sight, hearing, taste, and smell. In July 2024, I focused on the relationship between objects, people, and interaction. By July 2025, I was testing materials and making prototypes, selecting five for further development. Fabrication began in November 2025. The work was completed in February 2026 and presented at the 2026 graduation exhibition of Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts.
Flussu Operativu: These objects can be held and played with while watching TV, talking, or even during meetings under the table, any moment when the eyes are busy but the hands are free. The key idea is to enrich touch without relying on vision. Each material has a different weight, temperature, and even smell. Even with the same pattern, different materials create completely different tactile experiences.