Dodeca
Software: Rhino, V-Ray, Chaos, Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, Bridge
Fabrication: chipboard and acrylic lasercutting, jig 3D printing
Dodeca is​ a toy that teaches toddlers 3D geometry.
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Modeled after a shape called the small stellated dodecahedron, it demonstrates the various patterns and possibilities that come with imagining geometry in 3D space.
Motion-responsive flashing lights encourage and reward play.
Ridges across Dodeca's faces add satisfying tactility to the toy while subliminally calling attention to its symmetries.
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BPA-free plastic ensures safe play while keeping production costs low.
The color red is found to be especially appealing to young children and increase attention to emotion. Dodeca's use of color provokes curiosity, stimulates the mind, and adds an at-a-glance demonstration of the toy's most fascinating geometric symmetries.
This prototype similarly uses a combination of indentations and color to highlight the oneness, twoness, threeness, fourness, fiveness, and sixness of the geometry Dodeca is based on.
