PEIXIN WANG
Fawn Cabinet
Playful storage furniture exclusively designed for preschool children,
adding joy and aesthetic pleasure to childhood.
# Children's furniture
Individual project
Apr-Aug 2018
Supervisor 王义强
Design exclusively for preschool children,
revolving around their living habits
Furniture formulates an environment, where the preschool kids live and grow up. Furniture designed revolving around children's living habits, will add value to daily life.
How to design children furniture?
Children's furniture should conform to their physical and psychological development. Thus, research on preschool children was conducted, to explore how the furniture can contribute to intellectual, social, and emotional aspects.
Basic control of movements
Complete actions with aid
Effect control of movements
Complete more actions unaided
More accurate in movement
Can perform more forceful acts
4yrs
6yrs
Physical
5yrs
Can think about objects, people, or event in their absence
Learn by sensing, doing, and thinking
Build basic understanding of cause and effect
Psychological
How to make it children-exclusive?
Safe
Safe structure.
Durable, high-quality materials.
Avoid possible injury.
Playful
Be witty and funny.
Protect the curious nature.
Interactive
Create a rich and pleasant using experience. Encourage the kids to use and explore.
Introduce aesthetics value to children's daily life. Be exclusive for children.
Aesthetic
Ideation
What will be used and loved by children?
Explore the function, shape, and materials by sketching!
Final Design
This furniture piece mimics the shape of a fawn, encouraging children to interact with the furniture intimately. Different from the usual storage cabinets, it opens up to allow the little owner to use and decorate in his own way. Years later, it will become a pleasant memory of childhood.
Product parameters
Refer to the physical statistics of children aged 4-6. The edges, tips, gaps and other structures are carefully designed to ensure safety.
Final product
