The Stokke Playpad is a multifunctional play platform that can grow with the changing abilities of children during early childhood.
Stokke PlayPad
Degree Project
2022
The Stokke Playpad is a multifunctional play platform that can grow with the changing abilities of children during early childhood.
Placed on the floor it creates a interactive play environment, where pressure sensors embedded in the surface work as input for different play experiences and visual as well as audio feedback help to facilitate a variety of playful interactions that children can understand and enjoy. It bridges the gap between analog and digital play and provides a vision of how technology can enhance playful development during early childhood if integrated in a meaningful way.
Marius Werner Kindler
Master's Programme in Advanced Product Design
UID22 Presentation
During this project explored together with my collaboration partner Stokke how new possibilities for physical-digital play could enhance development of children in early childhood.
Interviews with parents & experts during my research phase pointed me towards play platforms that can evolve with the development of children during early childhood.
After a wide exploration of different phygital play experiences I worked very hands-on to craft a product vision that suits both kids and parents as well as my collaboration partner Stokke.
I also included users, experts and designers coming from different perspectives in ideation as well as decision making during all stages of this project.
The result of this colourful process is the Stokke Playpad, a versatile play platform that offers a wide range of play activities in one single device.
Designed to fit the life of young families - it is flexible to move around, easy to set up, child-proof in its materiality and convenient to store away after play.
By placing different discs on top of the speaker addon, children and parents can switch between a wide range of play modes available.
The different play activities range from free and explorative play for the youngest to musical experiences or preschool learning games.
Tactile, visual and auditory feedback help to facilitate playful interactions that even the youngest can understand and enjoy.
All details are designed for child-proof functionality without compromising on aesthetics of this interior piece.
The variety of play experiences this mat can offer keeps it attractive to play with throughout childhood.
