BRIO EXPLORE
(2026) IDEL01 20261Industrial Design
- Abstract
- This report will outline the design process and result for the product called BRIO EXPLORE; a complement to BRIOs railway system. For children, everything in the world is new, and strange. To make sense of life and the things that exist around them, children use play. They practice social interaction, pretend to cook, clean or garden, mimick animal sounds, or collect rocks. Exploring through play is important, and BRIOs railway system provides one way to explore the world. During this project, I have developed a complement to the railway, in an attempt to widen the number of ways a child might explore or play with this toy. The complement aims to allow the child to not only build the railway, but also the world around it. This concept was... (More)
- This report will outline the design process and result for the product called BRIO EXPLORE; a complement to BRIOs railway system. For children, everything in the world is new, and strange. To make sense of life and the things that exist around them, children use play. They practice social interaction, pretend to cook, clean or garden, mimick animal sounds, or collect rocks. Exploring through play is important, and BRIOs railway system provides one way to explore the world. During this project, I have developed a complement to the railway, in an attempt to widen the number of ways a child might explore or play with this toy. The complement aims to allow the child to not only build the railway, but also the world around it. This concept was inspired by the fact that the packaging for BRIOs railway often feature worlds and backgrounds, and some fond memories of building landscapes myself during childhood. I have built a foundation of knowledge that have guided my design process and my choices through interviews with employees at BRIO, parents and preschool teachers, as well as through research on toy history and the toy market, the connection between gender and toys, as well as what kind of toys are good for children. I have also conducted tests with children; letting them use and explore prototypes, which gave me useful insight in how children play. The final product is a system of building blocks, compatible with already existing BRIO pieces, with which one can build one’s own world around the train-track. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Den här rapporten kommer gå igenom designprocessen och resultatet för produkten BRIO EXPLORE; ett komplement till BRIOs tågbana. För barn är allt i världen nytt och underligt. För att tolka och förstå livet, och det som existerar runt omkring dem, använder barn lek. De övar på sociala interaktioner, låtsas att de lagar mat, städar eller odlar, härmar djurläten eller samlar stenar. Att utforska genom lek är viktigt, och BRIOs tågbana erbjuder ett sätt att utforska världen. Under detta projekt har jag utvecklat ett komplement till tågbanan, i ett försök att utvidga antalet sätt som ett barn kan utforska eller leka med denna leksak. Komplementet har som mål att barnet inte bara ska kunna utforska och bygga med tågbanan, utan också utforska... (More)
- Den här rapporten kommer gå igenom designprocessen och resultatet för produkten BRIO EXPLORE; ett komplement till BRIOs tågbana. För barn är allt i världen nytt och underligt. För att tolka och förstå livet, och det som existerar runt omkring dem, använder barn lek. De övar på sociala interaktioner, låtsas att de lagar mat, städar eller odlar, härmar djurläten eller samlar stenar. Att utforska genom lek är viktigt, och BRIOs tågbana erbjuder ett sätt att utforska världen. Under detta projekt har jag utvecklat ett komplement till tågbanan, i ett försök att utvidga antalet sätt som ett barn kan utforska eller leka med denna leksak. Komplementet har som mål att barnet inte bara ska kunna utforska och bygga med tågbanan, utan också utforska och bygga världen och naturen runt omkring tågbanan. Detta koncept var inspirerat av att BRIOs förpackningar ofta presenterar tågbanan i miljöer, samt av varma minnen av att bygga landskap under barndomen. Jag har skapat en kunskapsbas som guidat designprocessen genom intervjuer med anställda på BRIO, föräldrar och förskolepedagoger, undersökning av leksakshistoria och leksaksmarknaden genom studiebesök, samt undersökning av kopplingen mellan genus och leksaker, och av vilka leksaker som är bra för barn genom läsning av studier. Jag har också genomfört tester med barn, där jag låtit dem leka med och utforska prototyper, vilket gav mig värdefull kunskap om hur barn leker. Den slutgiltiga produkten är ett system av byggklossar, kompatibla med redan existerande BRIO produkter, som en kan använda för att bygga ens egna värld runt tågbanan. (Less)
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- author
- Bergendahl, Thea LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- IDEL01 20261
- year
- 2026
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- toys, industrial design
- language
- English
- additional info
- This project has been done with connection to BRIO AB, with Sr Product Designer Daniel Mauritzson at BRIO AB as a secondary supervisor.
- id
- 9235746
- date added to LUP
- 2026-06-17 15:23:50
- date last changed
- 2026-06-17 15:23:50
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{BRIO EXPLORE}},
year = {{2026}},
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