2024 Galleries
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Galleries // 2024 Spark:Fall/Winter Student // Akdongz
Akdongz
Winner - Silver
Competition: Spark:Fall/Winter Student
Designer: Daeun Kwon
Design Type: Product & industrial
Company / Organization / School: Sookmyung Women's University
Team Members: Daeun Kwon, Miran Park, Jinyoung Park & Chanbi Lee
Playing a musical instrument in childhood has become an essential part of a child's development, not only for artistic skills, but also for emotional and thinking development. While many parents recognize. the need for early music education, many struggle with the cost of introducing a variety of instruments to their children. "Akdongz" is a modular musical instrument kit for children aged 37-48 months who are beginning their music education. It is a modular, prefabricated structure with embedded RFID technology that provides a variety of instrument content by string, wind, and percussion type, making it easy to introduce multiple instruments at home. Children can self-select each type of instrument to explore and play. Sound output methods designed from the playing characteristics of real instruments can further stimulate interest in the chosen instrument. The scalability of combining modular pieces, each endowed with a different instrument sound, into the main sound body to create new experiences with a variety of sounds helps to meet the diverse needs of children and keep them engaged. This lowers the barriers to music education and provides a rich and positive music education experience.
