2019
Woodworks Thomas Wang tommasytonnaz@gmail.com 0988-054-375
Animal 8 notes G l o c ke n s p i e l The animal Glockenspiel plays a important role in early child's education to inspire kids to feel the melody notes and the rhythms. With the Farm animal's shapes that easily attracts kids' attention and they also go along with the children's rhymes "Old MacDonald Had a Farm",�BINGO�,etc. The speicial tuned bars creat a beautiful sound in tune but not too loud for using at home fo parents.
Materials
Size: 340 x 160 x 33 mm 21mm Pine jointed board Double colors screenprint Stainless colored bars wood mallet
A whole new expierence for children to learn the music while having fun with their parents.
Origin Nowadays music education like the Orff education is proved to have beneficial influence to children ‘s early development. Tuned percussions have being used for years in music classes for children to learn about the melody and rhythm. However, little did the parents knew about how they can also bring benefits to thier children if the percussion is being practice well at home. We start the project to find a better way to improve the current educational glockenspiel from not just it’s appearence but a more safety, eco-friendly and most important of all, a easier way for parents to guide their children to learn while also having lots of fun.
Research For the new design of our new glockenspiel we redesign it from many differnt aspects. First the material,we chose solid pine wood for it’s resonate pieces not only because of it’s sustainability but also because the glue and the Plasticizer inside the plywood or plastic are harmful when exposed to or accidently being bitten by children. second, the safety is always our concern. during the process,we reduce all the sharp edges and small parts.Make sure all the paint used in the products are certificated water paint. also, in order to attract children’s attention ,farm animals are our target picks ; therefore,parents can sing along while their children are playing the glockenspiel. Chilren learn not only the melodies but also the animals’ name ,which is associated with the farm theme and it’s related words. last but the least, children’s ears are more sensitive than adults, also parents would like their instuments to be less noisy at home; consequently, we use wooden mallet and the felt to absorb the noise and also reduce it’s volume despite the fact of resulting a higher cost.
Process Farm animals are always the most popular stars among kids thanks to many childrens’ rhymes such as “old macdonald has a farm”,”BINGO.”,etc. Three popular characters were then being voted by orff music teachers and our sales; later on, pig was selected of its cute features, many song related and of course, it was also the year of pig in our lunar calender.
When it came to prototyping, shape was being modified many times in order to fit the bars perfectly and also not to distorted its appearance. Pine wood was later being selected as the resonated piece since it is light and also decent-resonanted.
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There’re only two colors of its features to reduce the cost of the screen-printing templates and the inks. Bars were placed on the flexible PP pins with felts on top of them to absorb the noise. After portotying many times, the material and appearance were finally confirmed. I then also took part in the packaging design to minimize the waste and maximize the recyclability.
Packaging
T h e Ta s k The challege during the process are maily the shape. any new modificatin to the process might create dramatic changes to its shape. the outline was being milled through a cutter of 12mm in diameter, which is quite a task to maintain the shape; furthermore, resonate groove is also being tested many times to get the best resonance.
Design Features A precise CNC milling shape along with the sanded edge result in the smooth and delicate surface. All colored bars help children to recognized the note name and were all precisely tuned and none toxic. A tail like storge spot for the wood mallet help the child to put it back after use.
The plastic tough pin with the felt piece instad of the metal part create a great sound and also very safe for children. The 4 famous kids’ rhymes along with the glockenspiels help the parents to practice it at home.
100% made in Taiwan with the cute illustration paper carton packaging that is more eco-friendly to our planet. It’s also design as a storage case ,a premium gift choice for special ocation.
The 8-note Xy l o p h o n e The 8-note xylophone was a headahcy problem for our manufectuerer for a long time. After the increase of the wood cost thoughout many years, the original design become proďŹ tless and the process were also time consuming. We redesigned the product from its process, mechanism and its appearance, and also its packaging and even extend its market from teaching aid to toys or even a pleasant gift.
Materials
Size:67x207x55mm 15/20 mm Beech Solid Wood Water paint Padauk Bars Wood Mallet
A Functional Kids’ xylophone that can help parents to accompany their kid to learn the music and rhythm.
Origin Xylophone is a ancient instrument origins from Africa, which creates a bright and rattling sound that attract its audiences. Often xylophone toy are made of cheap wood along with off-tuned bars, which is harmful for children when first learning about the pitch and the sound of the material. We believe a kids’ instrument should be not only safe but also instructive, a toy but also a teaching aid; therefore, all materials are carefully being selected and all the bars are well-tuned with our professional tuning technicians to create a lifelong product.
Research To Redesign the 8-note xylophone,we try to focus on how to enhance the value and simplifies the processes; then we can attract more customers from different markets and increace the profit. First, the new design is decide to be both kid-friendly and functional. wood boards are carefully design with big round edge and well-sanded to protect children from being scratched. No screws or removable small parts are used in the product to prevent children from accidently swallowing them. Frame and bars are made of 100% solid wood,which not only give it a fancy look but also create a excellent warm resonate sound. Furtheremore, The time-consuming screwing process is being replaced by the safe plastic pin, the short-supplied bar material is being replaced by a stable wood material with the similar sound but a cheaper cost.
Process Many forms were proposed while concept is developing. An oval look is being chosen because it’s not to concrete but still very kid-friendly. Also,a more stable and safe frame was design to give the xylophone a fancy new look, during the prototyping, the angle is being carefully measured and tested several times to allign with the bars’ knot in order to create the best vibration of the sound. A handle is also being milled on the wood pieces to create a better way to grip on while transporting. Two holes of diameter in 7mm is drilled on the left hand side for the storage of the mallets. In order to fit the bar into the plastic pin without using screws, bar holes are design into two different sizes, a big one on the top and a small one at the bottom so that the mashroom-like pin can easily slide in but hard to be pulled out. This substantially reduces the skill needed for screwing, and become a easier and efficient process for all the workers Last but not the least, the bars surface are 5mm above the frame service to avoid children from hitting the frame, this also help children to concentrate on the bars.
T h e Ta s k At first, it seemed easy to fit the bar into the pin, however,different thickness of the bottom hole resulted in different stabibilities. Thicker bottom holes will make the bar hard to slide in and even tear apart the plastic pin, while finer bottom holes will make the bar really unstable. After redoing it many times,a perfect thickness is finally being measured.
Design Features The 4 famous kids’ rhymes along with the xylophone help the parents to practice them at home.
All bars are precisely-tuned and painted with none toxic paint to help the children to learn the pitch and the rhythm.
Removable bars not only help to teach the music knowledge but also reduce the cost of the time-consuming process. A pair of wood mallets are stored on the side for children to clean up after use.
All edges are cut into round shape and sanded smoothly for childrens’ safety and no small parts.
It come in 8-note and also 15-note for customers with dierent budget. but both of them are enough to practice various of songs. A handle is provide on the side for carrying, very funtional and educational.
Percussions Storage Cajon The Percussion Cajon is not just a kid's cajon on the lap, but also a useful storge box for kids to learn to clean up their own toys after playing. This helps kids to learn the resposibility which is helpful in thier future development. The cajon creates a high and a bass note when hitting the side or the middle surface, which kids can play the rhythm along with any song.
Materials
Size: 264X80X144 mm 12mm Birch Plywood 2mm Red paint surface.
A storage Cajon with thr handle on both side also help with the resonance, it’s fun and functional.
A small cajon that can store up to 8 hand percussions.
(Percussions inside are not included in design.)
When fliped over, it’s also a cajon for music class.
Kids Stairs The Kids Stairs is a multifunctional furniture for kids. It is designed into a girrae form in order to attracts kids' attention. it can be used as a cajon chair with the back to sit and also a stair for kids to stand on for reaching the higher spot.
Materials
Size: 480X440X300 mm 18mm Birch Plywood. Yellow paint surface. Brown Dots water paint. (Cajon is not included in design)
Cajon A Cajon in good sound quality
Stairs Perfoming Stairs 15cm & 35cm height
Chair Chair with armrest also for sitting performance
Design Features
Designed with big ďŹ llet and smooth edges,A handle for parent to carry it.
Anti-slip pad on the seat for kids’ safety and all the plywood boards are carefully screwed and tested.
Hippo P o u n d i n g To y The Hippo Pounding toy is inspired by the famous hammer toy,furthermore,it is the combination of xylophone and the hammer toy to creat melody when pounding the wood bars. It helps kids to learn to control thier small muscles and learn the melody notes.
Creat melodies
Materials Size: 280X170X220 mm 12mm Birch Plywood. colored Padauk wood bars. wood hammer mallets
Practice arms’ muscles
G l o c ke n s p i e l
A Glockenspiels that made of waste plywood of the factory, helping to create more proďŹ ts.
The 13 notes Glockenspiel with good resonance give kids enough notes to explore the melodies, a handy pair of mallets are given and can be store on its side while not in use. The Glockenspiel's frame is made of the waste plywood after cutting for the xylophones boxes.
Materials Size: 379X180X40 mm 12mm Birch Plywood Metal bars
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aluminum bars
Others
The 8-note kalimba for children shared the same resonate piece and can be easily turn into different features by changing the paint and its screen-printing.
The Cajon-bongos is a combination of Cajon drum and Bongos, while it is design into one single box, its still remian its own indivisual function.
The train Desk Bells are not only a wooden train toy, but also a bell set with melody notes. It helps the kids to match the note with its colors, and can be arranged in different melodies by switching the cars.
2 0 1 7 Ta i p e i M u s i a c a l Instruments Fair Taipei Musical Instruments Fair is the biggest musical exhibition in Taiwan. I devide the booth into two sections, one for our professional instruments which I gave it a darker and fancy look, and a open stage for all the exhibitors to try and play. The other is the Or section which we lower the stage for kid to actually feel and play the instruments while some valuable ones are hung in a hight spot.
My part Arrange the products that are going to be displayed, and measured all the size of the instruments. Discussed with the design company of how we want our products to be displayed and also supervise the constructions.
2018 MusicChina As the biggest musical instruments Fair in the world, Music China attracts lots of visitors and dealers around the world. I devided the booth into professional marimba section and our Or section, where we almost displayed all our products but in a very organized way. Valuable xylophones are display inside the booth under our guidance.
My part Arrange the products that ware going to be displayed, and measured the all size of the instruments. Discussed with the design companyof how we want our products to be displayed and also supervised the construction.
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2019
Woodworks Thomas Wang tommasytonnaz@gmail.com 0988-054-375