The "Fossil Research Experience" at the Fukui Prefecture Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (New Wing), for which we helped create the space, won the "Excellent Award" at the 18th Kids Design Awards (sponsored by the NPO Kids Design Council).
We are pleased to announce that we have received the "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award". In addition, the following project received the "Kids Design Award".
Kids Design Award is an award system that recognizes all products, services, spaces, activities, and research that consider children and the birth and upbringing of children. It consists of three categories: "Design that contributes to the safety and security of children," "Design that develops children's creativity and future," and "Design that makes it easy to give birth and raise children." Our company's entry in the "Design that develops children's creativity and future" category is evaluated on designs that help develop children's creativity and sensibilities, help them acquire diverse knowledge, and improve their motor skills, as well as designs that incorporate new ideas, ingenuity, and methods.
The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award, which was awarded to the Fukui Prefecture Dinosaur Museum (New Building) "Fossil Research Experience," is awarded to the best Award works in the fields of "design that contributes to the safety and security of children" and "design that opens up children's creativity and the future."
We received the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award for the third time since the 8th award, and the 10th Kids Design Award following the year before.
We would like to express our gratitude to our customers for giving us this opportunity, as well as to everyone who cooperated with us in various processes.
Going forward, we will continue to keep in mind the perspective of those who will use the space and work to create rich spaces that can contribute to our customers' businesses.
18th Kids Design Awards Excellence Award, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award
"Fukui Prefecture Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (New Building) "Fossil Research Experience""
(Children's Creativity and Future Opening Design and Literacy Category)
Photo: Nacása & Partners KAWANO Masato
The Fukui Prefecture Dinosaur Museum conducts the largest fossil excavation surveys in Japan and is a global hub for fossil research and information dissemination. A "Fossil Research Experience" was planned as the core of the renovation accompanying the new building extension. This experience is made up of four types of experience content in line with the actual fossil research process: "Fossil Excavation Plus," "Fossil Cleaning," "CT Fossil Observation," and "T. Rex Skull Restoration." By providing a full-fledged, specialized experience that is closer to actual research (contributing to the museum's research) using tools and equipment used in research, as well as rocks and fossil materials excavated from the excavation site,
In pursuit of "REAL," we offer "a genuine research process experience that does not treat children like children," stimulating an inquisitive mind and supporting their growth.
There are many examples of science experiences at museums, but there is great value in being able to experience using equipment and environments equivalent to those used in specialized research. This leads to the creation of an environment where people can gain deeper learning by interacting with the real thing.
This is a work of high quality featuring an experiential program and design that induces action.
Fukui Prefecture
Kisho Kurokawa & Associates Inc. / TANSEISHA Co., Ltd.
Overall Direction: Somei Okura / Display Planning: Koichi Shinohara, Makoto Ito / Design, Layout: Fumito Yamato
Content design: Makiko Nomoto, Takuto Sato / Production, Construction: Daisuke Tahara / Project Management: Yoshiki Morikawa
We held numerous discussions with the people involved, keeping in mind the concepts of "sticking to the real thing" and "not treating children like children," and we believe that our uncompromising pursuit of the "REAL" experience led to this award. In an annual survey of participants, 99% rated themselves as satisfied, and we received feedback that the experience had changed their outlook on museums and the exhibits, which made us feel that we were able to provide a meaningful and valuable experience. This experience will continue to evolve in the future, so we hope that many people will continue to experience this "REAL" experience. (Creative Director Yamato Fumiaki)
Our Projects
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"Amakusa City Goshoura Dinosaur Island Museum: Inside the Mind of a Researcher"
(Design category: Opening up children's creativity and the future)
Located on the remote island of Goshoura, this natural history museum is built on strata from the Cretaceous period when dinosaurs lived, and is a newly renovated museum that allows visitors to imagine the ancient world. The museum aims to provide a museum experience where visitors can enjoy the exhibits in depth, as if they were "homestaying" on an island. The panels, which are based on the brain map motif of the original experiential learning program "Inside the Mind of a Researcher," allow visitors to get a real look at the thoughts of researchers that would be hidden behind the exhibits in conventional museums.
Amakusa City
TANSEISHA Co., Ltd.
Direction: Koichi Shinohara / Display Planning: Mugiko Komatsuda / Design, Layout: Toshitaka Ogura, Noriaki Kuroda
Production, Construction: Koji Sakata, Ryuji Ejima / Project Management: Kenji Nakagawara, Ichiro Kato
Our Projects
Sumida Aquarium "Ogasawara Base"
(Design category: Opening up children's creativity and the future)
Sumida Aquarium has created a new space called "Ogasawara Base" that allows visitors to feel connected to the Ogasawara Islands. By integrating it with the existing "Ogasawara Large Aquarium" corner, which expresses the richness of the surrounding sea, the space expresses the entire Ogasawara Islands and allows visitors to view the creatures from various angles.
ORIX Real Estate Corporation
[Award-winning organization]
TANSEISHA Co., Ltd.
Direction, Design, Layout: Mai Tsurutani / Production, Construction: Yuji Hasegawa / Project Management: Yui Takeuchi
"Azamino Shirayuri Kindergarten Interactive Video Content PLAY WALL"
(Design category: Opening up children's creativity and the future)
Azamino Shirayuri Kindergarten, founded in 1979, practices not only "education" to teach and raise children, but also "co-education" where children and parents, and children and teachers grow together. From the perspective of "co-education," we do not unilaterally give a finished form to the children, but instead held a workshop with the participation of 150 children and all teachers as part of the childcare, and created "PLAYWALL" (interactive Video content), an experience and space that is close to everyday life. The story of Video content adopts the format of a picture book familiar to children, and the theme is "rain," which is familiar in everyday life. For this reason, a picture book author also participated in the workshop, and Tanseisha acted as facilitator, and we co-created a rainbow picture that decorates the last part of Video content. The ending of the "PLAYWALL" story changes depending on how you interact with it, so unexpected play is born every day.
Azamino Shirayuri Kindergarten, a certified kindergarten operated by the Shirai Gakuin School Corporation
TANSEISHA Co., Ltd.
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Direction, Design, Layout: Hasegawa Amiko / Design, Layout: Miura Mai / Video content production: Nayuki Shinya
Production, Construction: Masaya Aoki / Project Management: Yoshiro Terayama
About the Kids Design Awards
Kids Design Award was established in 2007 with the aim of selecting and widely disseminating to society outstanding works from among products, spaces, services, activities and research that fulfill the objectives of "ensuring a safe life for children," "enabling children to grow up with rich sensibility and creativity," and "creating a society in which it is easy to have and raise children." Any design that takes children and parenting into consideration, including designs developed for adults and the general public, is eligible.
https://kidsdesignaward.jp/
Please note that this may be subject to change without prior notice.