Kids toys & games design workshop with creative studio Kidesign

Project Leads: Dejan Mitrovic and Thomas Leech

Number of participants: 30

Duration: 3 days

Project Outline:

The project will focus on the design of innovative creative toys and games for children, following a circular economy approach. The workshop will run with a structured 3-day schedule and the outcomes will include finished concepts with models, prototypes, visual presentations. As part of the programme, the students will have a chance to interact with children, test their ideas and get real user feedback! This project is run in collaboration with Kidesign (www.kidesign.org), a creative studio specialising in kids toys, games and activities. Dejan and his team have run such workshops at AcrossRCA for the past 7 years and these have always resulted in fantastic results.

Timetable:

Day 1 (Wednesday)
Briefing and identification of a specific area to explore

Day 2 (Thursday)
Idea generation and concept development

Day 3 (Friday)
Prototyping and presentation of idea to client