We represent Geo-Play, Our idea will help kids understand the world around them by creating an accessible and educational toy.

by age 5, children can show signs of racial bias, such as treating people from one racial group more favorably than the other.

families can be significant sources of information regarding race and ethnicity.

Parental Biases can carry over to the child.

 Ignoring or avoiding the topic isn’t protecting children, it’s leaving them exposed to bias that exists wherever we live.

Age 5

Parental Bias

Breaking the trend

We have been wary of almost every group of foreigners that has come to the United States: German immigrants in the 18th century; Irish and Chinese in the 19th; Italians, Jews, Japanese, and Mexicans in the 20th; and Muslims today. Across the centuries, we have labeled immigrants a threat.

https://www.publicbooks.org/xenophobia-powers-the-united-states/

Our Solution

Geo-Play introduces foreign cultures to students, using geography as a base for a problem-solving toy. The goal is for the children not only to gain more knowledge about the world but develop an empathetic view of the world.

Mark

Age: 9

Ethnicity: Caucasian

School: Lexington Montessori

City: Lexington

"Culture represents people"

Travel Experience: little, within the country

Frustrations: A map without borders is confusing

What do you see when you look at this map?:

"Greenland is too big, South America is too small"

Language : English,and basic Spanish

Travel aspirations: Spain

"The U.S is too small, Africa is too big"

Accurate U.S on Africa:

"A Map of language could be better than borders

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Landmarks

Accurate cartography

Languages

Culture+Tradition

Woodwork process

• Trace photo in rhino
• lasercut Australia in cardboard
• trace carboard model onto wood
• use the scrollsaw and cut out Australia

Geo-Play creates a valuable experience through play by integrating fun with learning to show students that culture and geography can be enjoyable. The game will help kids feel excited about learning more about the world.

Beachhead Market

Homeschool

Rural Schools

• The kids really liked the competitive aspect
• Perhaps adding a category about traditions
• The cards were easy to damage
• There needs to be some sort of way to see the correct answers without a facilitator
• When the kids got impatient they would start helping each other

Insight

Amiyr Ahmad

Siena Jekel

Studio Process

PROCESS

Lane

Writing Interpretation

Word Abstraction

Mood Board

PROCESS

Mercy

Writing Interpretation

Word Abstraction

Mood Board

2D + 3D COMPOSITIONS

Lane

happiness

Reassurance

anxiety

2D + 3D COMPOSITIONS

Name 2

perspective

realization

community

Final Compositions

Changes in the Design

The original plan was to have the wires free floating in the model, but that posed a fire hazard; if any live and ground wire touched, it would heat up and potentially catch fire. The potentiometer was also not part of the original plan, but it was needed as the batteries were too powerful for the lights and would burn them out. The reason that I didn't want to swap to smaller batteries was because of safety; it is safer to have the battery pack running at far below its max capacity, as it keeps the pack itself cooler and limits the chance of a fire.

OBJECT STATEMENT

Our object is designed to show how poorly society deals with anxiety; anxiety is something that is not visible to people; it is something that everyone deals with differently; this project had the goal of making anxiety visible; the wiring and lighting are designed to be somewhat chaotic, as that symbolizes the mind of someone with anxiety best.

SKETCH ITERATIONS

SKETCH MODELS

TECHNICAL DIAGRAMS

FINAL MODEL