Open calls / Brief
Designing for children in South Asia, with European know-how
Kindergarten, Montessori and the Bauhaus, rethought with families in South Asia: play and learning for the youngest.
- Format
- Semester project or thesis
- Fields
- Product, interaction, toy and play design
- Where
- Berlin, with partners in South Asia
The context
We are an independent innovation lab in Berlin. We work at the intersection of art and technology: characters, stories, sound and objects for children, made by artists and engineers together.
Most of the world’s children grow up in South Asia, Africa and other fast-growing regions, yet most toys and learning materials are designed in Europe for Europe. We want design students in Europe to bring what they know, and learn from the families they design for.
Who it’s for
- Bachelor’s and master’s students in product, interaction, toy and play design, or design for education
- Professors who want a real, international brief for a studio course
- Curiosity about South Asia; no prior experience needed
What we’d make together
- Research with families and teachers in South Asia
- One object, material set or play space, prototyped
- Notes on materials, cost and how local workshops could make it
What you get
- Real partners, families and makers in South Asia
- Your design sampled and tested if it fits
- Credit on everything we make from it; a fee or share if it goes into production
How it works
- NowRegister interest; we fit the brief to your course
- Weeks 1–4Research with families, remote or in person
- Weeks 5–10Design and prototypes
- Weeks 11–15Testing, final presentation
Rights & credit
Students keep their copyright. Using a design in a product is agreed in a written licence, with credit and a fee or share.