Poppu Go Chess




Poppu Go Chess



About Poppu Go Chess

Poppu is a tactile, portable Go Chess paper. Inspired by Kirigami carvings, the design combines board and stones in one and unfolds dimensions within a piece of paper. It is light and portable, ideal for carrying around and enjoy Go Chess anywhere. Designed to be blind or vision-loss friendly.


Project Type       Play    |     Sustainable Design

Award                  2021 Red Dot Design Concept Best of the Best

Year​​​​​​​                      2021


Credit

Art Direction | Photographing | Video-graphing | Storyboard making                             : Ka Wing Kavieng Cheng
Material Research | Copy-writing | 2D Modeling                                                            : Rose , Ruo Wei
Idea brainstorming | User Research | Journey Map | Design for Manufacturing           : Ruby , Mak Ming Huen
Prototype making | 3D Modeling | Usability Testing | Journey Map                               : Kara , Wong Cheuk Laam










Inspiration

Why?

With Go Chess being especially popular in many East-Asia countries, our team realizes that the traditional game set still faces a lot of problems in its manufacturing and portability. Examples such as heavy stones being difficult to carry around; board and stones shift position easily during games and vision-loss players heavily rely on boards that are specifically manufactured.

Who?

The design allows Poppu to enhance the tactile experience of Go Chess via differentiating the texture of black and white stones, hence also designed to be blind or vision-loss player friendly.

What?

Poppu patterns are created using die-cut and letterpress. It is applicable on any kind of paper ranging from 120-220 gsm. Since the design is light and portable, it is ideal for traveling, carrying around and enjoying Go Chess anywhere.

Where?

Cost of getting a Poppu paper is much lower than a traditional Go Chess set, which makes it affordable and approachable to more people. This is because material cost is greatly reduced. The flat design simplifies a Go Chess set, allowing manufacturing process to be much smoother and relatively faster.

How?

The Poppu pattern adapts a cut-and-fold design. It is inspired by Kirigami carvings, a variation of origami that includes cutting of paper. The popping down of pattern resembles black stones; Popping up resembles white; Flat resembles empty or captured stones.

When?

We hope to invite and encourage more people to encounter Go Chess in a playful, relaxing way.
Since Poppu is light-weighted and consumes very little space, it can also be easily mailed across the world.










Design Process

Materials.

Poppu patterns are created using die-cut and letterpress. It is applicable on any kind of paper ranging from 120-220 gsm.

Prototypes.

The Poppu pattern adapts a cut-and-fold design. It is inspired by Kirigami carvings, a variation of origami that includes cutting of paper.

Testing.

Waveee Design test the prototype with Amateur Go Chess Dan Players and visually impaired Go Chess Lovers to develop the prototype.











Future

Skill wise, we would love to learn psychology as it would help us understand and analyses the mindset of users. Knowledge wise, we hope to expand our knowledge of living and obtain experience in life. For every decision we make is already the best option under the scope of one’s own experience.
2.   https://www.mpweekly.com/culture/%e8%a8%ad%e8%a8%88-%e5%9c%8d%e6%a3%8b-poppu-193110?&fbclid=IwAR3bAlUXVHkzLPa2757TcO5F2icnH5WkKAHvRGUntcAHLXJEmCii9QOjTK0
3.   https://idearabbit.co.kr/design/?q=YToyOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjtzOjQ6InBhZ2UiO2k6Mjt9&bmode=view&idx=8662262&t=board&category=57xt52c5XS
8. https://www.instagram.com/p/CWiKTOgA8gG/


Exhibition

1.  Red Dot Design Museum  • Singapore
2.  Red Dot Design Museum i • Xiamen
3. Dongjiao Memory Art District, Chenghua District, Chengdu city, Sichuan Province
4. future travelling exhibitions in China




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