Projects from falko Schnelle
name
falko Schnelle (falkoschnelle)
country
germany
university
Hochschule Darmstadt/Fachbereich Gestaltung
department
Industrial Design
university address
Olbrichweg 10
64287 Darmstadt
university country
germany
url
id
0010068
title
kadoki
professor(s)
prof. tino melzer
rank
82
tags
year of making
2010
uploaded
2010-02-16 13:31:38
Kadoki is a play system for children to build creative structures. The unique connectors enable a child to create diversified structures with simple dowels or even branches which can be constructed to form frames. Almost any type of fabric can be utilized to then cover the frames giving the children the ability to design the own private spaces, caves or tents both indoors as well as outdoors.
The base connecting ring and dowel attachment joints are made out of a sturdy plastic. The center base ring can accommodate multiple attachment joints. The non-restrictive positions in the attachment joints are designed to maintain their positions with readjustment through simple hand exerted pressure by the child. The interior of the attaching joints is filled with a self-forming rubber that adapts to hold different sizes of dowels. The playing can begin…
