interactive mural for kids activity area by surprit dang 9 december 2014

Presentation by:-Surpritkaur DangMUM13MD12Mentor :- Dr. Sharmila Dua

• Pithora is a finish oriented space making craft• It is a form of a Folk painting• Done by the Rathwa Community near eastern Gujarat• It is highly ritualistic painting mainly done to invoke Baba Pithora, who is revered as

most important God • It signifies the advent of an auspicious occasion (like weddings, childbirth, festivals) in

the family or community• A pithora is generally depicted in terms of a marriage procession of Babo Pithora with

Pithori Devi

Use of the individual motifs

Crude and Credulous form of the painting

Less effective Design Interventions

Unwillingness of the artisans to use it on other mediums

Ritualistic Nature

Customized Paintings

Wedding Cards

Modern Interior Space

Soft Furnishing

Hand painted Digital Printed

Murals and customized furniture

Child Space

• Bright colours• Forms of birds and animals• Simple and clean visuals• Naïve and credulous forms

• Colours

• Textures

• Patterns

Warm Colours

• Warm and bright colours are interpreted as happy,inviting colours.

• Red and orange are seen as stimulating.• Yellow is interpreted as bright and cheery.

Cool Colours

• Cool colours produce feelings of calmness, relaxation, happiness and comfort.

• Lighter blues are seen as peaceful and tranquil colours, promoting feelings of calm

• Green is the easiest colour on the human eye

• The materials children work with have many sensorydiscovering and differentiating these materials is a firststep in classification, or sorting

• Visual Stimuli in a children's room refer to mainly two ideas- décor and activity material. Children's preferred Spaces with High Visual Stimuli, but with more area for Movement.

• Pithora art has lot of warm colours like red and orange• These colours are very stimulating and inviting• They also generate quick and rapid thinking and brainstorming.• The art form has lot of Visual Stimuli, with which children can relate• It is a story form• Can increase children's imagination power

Case Studies

Wide Angle Multiplex, Ahmedabad Harkishandas Hospital, Mumbai

Kidzania, Mumbai

McDonald’s , Prahladnagar, Ahmedabad

Case Studies

Indian Moksha Patamu, an educational game to spread awareness on child labour, Karur, Tamilnadu

• Childhood educators emphasize that “young children learn with all theirsenses.”

• Sensory play also contributes in crucial ways to brain development.• It is a “food for the brain.”• Stimulating the senses sends signals to children’s brains that help to strengthen

neural pathways important for all types of learning

• Benefits:-Cognitive developmentSocial skillsSense of selfPhysical skillsEmotional developmentCommunication skills

• To design kids activity space using the traditional art of Pithora

• To engage children into sensory play

• To engage them into an activity that increases their imagination power

• To sensitize children's about crafts at young age

• To use Pithora art in a form that it doesn’t hurt the sentiments of the artisans.

An Interactive wall mural, designed to develop and strengthen visual perception skills, imagination power and fine motor skills of 6-10 year old children

• Divided into colourful set of 140 blocks of 6inch by 6 inch, this is an interactive mural cum puzzle game for the child space.

• Blocks are designed in a way that children’s can have lot of permutations and combinations to design their own mural.

• It is designed to be a 5ft x 7ft mural, keeping in mind the average height of the 6-10 year old kid (4-4.5 ft); a little higher than their eye level.

• For the durability blocks are made up of 4mm MDF

• For the easy movability magnets are attached at the back of each blocks.

• Along with it a story book is given which would assist children to make mural.

• At the back of the book a blank space is given, so that they come up with their own version of stories with the existing blocks.

• This mural can be a part of Kids activity area at places like- schools, hospitals, malls etc.

• Multi-faceted product• Attention catching• Variations in the same mural• Group activity can be planned• Maintains and increases the child’s

concentration skills• Serves social purpose too• It gives pleasure and an emotional boost to

the child• Refreshing touch to an age old craft

Further Improvements are needed on:-

• Paints used (should be more durable)

• Solution for the backdrop• Magnetic strength• Further assistance to make the

mural

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