Buster - A Vacuum Cleaner Concept for Children
(2015) In Diploma work IDE820 20151Industrial Design
- Abstract
- The power of play: Play motivates and stimulates true human curiosity and interest. While playing with toys (any object that seems interesting at a given time, intended toy or not),
children are taught how to control and get knowledge of things, objects and materials.
If the children have learned this in their childhood, they will continue “controlling and understanding them” later in life. When exploring the world around them there is a lot to be
said for allowing young children to help out when they express interest in doing so and think it’s fun. Considering the long term positive effects of such engagement it is arguably worth
the extra time this may take rather than saying “No, you mustn’t help out with this, I’ll take care of... (More) - The power of play: Play motivates and stimulates true human curiosity and interest. While playing with toys (any object that seems interesting at a given time, intended toy or not),
children are taught how to control and get knowledge of things, objects and materials.
If the children have learned this in their childhood, they will continue “controlling and understanding them” later in life. When exploring the world around them there is a lot to be
said for allowing young children to help out when they express interest in doing so and think it’s fun. Considering the long term positive effects of such engagement it is arguably worth
the extra time this may take rather than saying “No, you mustn’t help out with this, I’ll take care of it myself” and potentially ending up with an eight year old who never wants to tidy his
or her room because he or she was never allowed to do so when they wanted to.
The starting point of this Diploma Project was to explore how such interaction and serious play can be afforded and encouraged through everyday products in this specific case exemplified by the development of the cooperative vacuum cleaner Buster -the ultimate pet
that cleans messes rather than creates them. (Less)
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- author
- Lekeberg, Tina
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- IDE820 20151
- year
- 2015
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- publication/series
- Diploma work
- report number
- ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/ EX--15/50266—SE
- ISSN
- ISRN
- language
- English
- id
- 7439938
- date added to LUP
- 2015-06-23 10:14:59
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- 2015-06-23 10:14:59
@misc{7439938, abstract = {{The power of play: Play motivates and stimulates true human curiosity and interest. While playing with toys (any object that seems interesting at a given time, intended toy or not), children are taught how to control and get knowledge of things, objects and materials. If the children have learned this in their childhood, they will continue “controlling and understanding them” later in life. When exploring the world around them there is a lot to be said for allowing young children to help out when they express interest in doing so and think it’s fun. Considering the long term positive effects of such engagement it is arguably worth the extra time this may take rather than saying “No, you mustn’t help out with this, I’ll take care of it myself” and potentially ending up with an eight year old who never wants to tidy his or her room because he or she was never allowed to do so when they wanted to. The starting point of this Diploma Project was to explore how such interaction and serious play can be afforded and encouraged through everyday products in this specific case exemplified by the development of the cooperative vacuum cleaner Buster -the ultimate pet that cleans messes rather than creates them.}}, author = {{Lekeberg, Tina}}, issn = {{ISRN}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, series = {{Diploma work}}, title = {{Buster - A Vacuum Cleaner Concept for Children}}, year = {{2015}}, }