DESIGN NAME:
Shine and Find
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Educational product
YEAR:
2017/ 2019
INSPIRATION:
Shine and Find is an educational product for educating the Constellation to astronomy students. The board is inspired by the night sky and the glass marble lamps are inspired by the sky stars. By placing the marbles together on the board, Constellations will be made. To help to making Constellations, the product has 88 cards (all of the 88 modern constellation information). The image and name of each Constellation is on the face of a card and the information are on the other side.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES/ PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The most important advantage of this product is the ease of learning and memory Improvement. In Shine and Find, every Constellation is made practically, and this challenge is repeatedly practiced. It makes a durable image in mind. Learning in this way (practical + study + repeat) is not boring and makes more durable Memory and enjoyable. It is very emotional, interactional, simple, pure, minimal and modern.
It is not hard, boring, time-consuming, forgettable and a single use and you can use it times and times whenever you want to learn something about Constellations. Spending good and fun time and in addition to the educational aspect of the product.
OPERATION/ FLOW/ INTERACTION:
It has a board (10*10 tips), 18 glass marbles (with lamp inside each one) and 88 cards.
First take a card. Then, by looking at the image of Constellation on the card put the marbles on their tips. By placing the marbles on the board (night sky), the marble lamps will turn on and shine (stars). In the sequel and making more stars (Shine), at last the constellation will emerge (Find). Description is behind of the card.
To charging, use cable. when charge has been completed, the cable must be removed.
PRODUCTION/ REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY:
Board makes from matte plastic. It has 100 tips (10*10). Inside each tip there is a point with conductive material (pole -) and a ring with conductor material (pole +) around it to connection with the conductive ring and point on the glass marble lamp.
Marbles made from glass. There is a lamp inside each marble. On each marble there is a point with conductive material (pole +) and a ring with conductor material (pole -) around it to connection with the conductive ring and point on the board tip.
