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Superhero

Pop-up Book for Zhejiang University

Superhero is a multi-sensory interactive pop-up book designed to educate children about Covid-19. The book helps children understand how immune cells fight against viruses and protect health through a vivid story. It combines pop-up paper books with electronic circuits which fully engages children in an audible, visual, touchable, and interactive way. The book helps children better understand abstract scientific knowledge in an interesting way.

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Unique Properties

Superhero is a pop-up book for multi-sensory interactions, which is designed to publicize COVID-19-related knowledge among children. It tells how immune cells fight against viruses and protect our health through a vivid story about superheroes fighting monsters. A new form of combining pop-up paper books with electronic circuits was proposed to help children better understand abstract scientific knowledge through an audible, visual, touchable and interactive way.

Tags

Education, Popular science, Childrenbook, Popupbook, Young children, COVID-19

Production Technology

Laser cutting is used for rapid production iterations of paper parts. The structure of paper to hide the thin electronic components (such as pressure sensor, photosensitive sensor, magnetic sensor, etc.). These electronic components are connected by copper tape.

Design Challenge

Paper structure stability,Circuit stability on paper

Project Duration

This project was created in Ningbo, China from November, 2020. Now, it has been located in Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China since May, 2021.

Operation Flow

Each page of the book describes a scene of immune cells fighting the virus. Different paper structures and interaction methods were designed for each scene. Young children can feel the scene by pushing, pulling, rotating, clicking, shaking and other fine hand movements . And they can get visual, tactile, and auditory feedback that matches the story.

Research

The researchers conducted usability test on the first version of the product to verify the usability, interest and effectiveness of the book. Participants in the test are lower grade pupils. After completing the test, the researchers coded user behaviors based on interviews and video recordings, find out the participants’ attitudes towards the product, and sorted out the problems in this product. The researchers also collected feedback from participants’ parents and teachers through interviews. The test results verify the effectiveness and interest of the product and this new form. However, the test also found that the product has some problems in structural usability and image recognizability. Based on the feedback, the product has been iterated. Now, the new product has begun to be tried in schools and communities to obtain more user data. The new product are well-recognized by teachers and popular among young children.

Inspiration

Science popularization plays an important role in COVID-19 prevention and control. The virus can't be seen or touched, which makes it hard for teachers and parents to introduce virus-related knowledge to young children. The emergence of thin and light electronic components has enabled the realization of circuits on paper. In this context, more diverse forms of interaction can be applied to the traditional story books to add more fun and interactivity to the reading process.

Project Overview

Superhero Pop-up Book has been a Iron winner in the Education, Teaching Aid and Training Content Design award category in the year 2021 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

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Can Zhu was recognized with the coveted Iron A' Design Award in 2022, a testament to excellence of their work Superhero Pop-up Book.

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Introducing Superhero: A Multi-Sensory Interactive Pop-Up Book for Children's COVID-19 Education

Can Zhu's Superhero is a multi-sensory interactive pop-up book designed to educate children about Covid-19, engaging them in an audible, visual, touchable, and interactive way.


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