The development of children's toys and design books

[Abstract] Design of children's books toys trend of more and more obvious. In the international market, children's toys, books as a separate category, has a few hundred years of development history, has become an indispensable educational children's toys in the hands. And domestic, child book designer toys are limited to books also installed Chen design field exploration, few breakthroughs. This paper analyzes the historical development of children's toys, books, toys, books and children's innovative design methods theory.

[Keywords:] the development of toy design books

Toys for children books, you can literally see a play with both the book and can see it both in form or function the book, but also the properties of toys can also be seen as a special kind of educational toys. their children can develop good reading habits, improve self-reading skills, reading activities that children love, love books, and more and more loved by parents and children.

The form of toys, books different from ordinary picture book, its peculiar form, can be flipped lift pull, dig collage; with wheels can be rotation, key to sound, touch can be light; also can add sound, light, electrical devices, able to reproduce the story of three-dimensional scene. and children because of their interaction can fully satisfy the curiosity of children, psychological, spiritual exploration, intellectual development is the best toy.

First, the history of toys, books
Toys, books in foreign countries has been called the movable books, mechanical books, pop-up books, etc., has been for hundreds of years of history. No one knows the world's first book Who invented the toy, but it is the earliest record is l3 century Spanish mystic scholar and poet Ramon Llull of Majorca, in his book, you can use a rotating circular illustrations to explain his theory. until l8 century, this book special device was used children's books, and gradually Now developed into a strange new pop-up.1810, London publisher S. & J. Fuller published a novel hand-made toy book "Paper Doll Books" (baby book), this series of books into the early 19th century toys typical works, but its prices are too expensive, and only until aristocracy's children play in this game.

The book really stArted mass production of toys is the Dean & Son Company, which was founded a publishing company in London, they 186O to 1900, published a large number of movable books, toys, books and reform of the production model, set up paper engineering depArtment dedicated to design in the book of paper machinery. They also use a new technology, the book's many characters can be harmonization with the activities of the story; book illustrations to show the effect of three-dimensional ; Some books are to the activities of blinds, you can change the color and content.

Really stArted to use "POP-UP" (toys, books) is the term the United States 1930 BLUE RIBBON Press, Disney cArtoon characters they are making toys book, use the "POP-UP" word. Since then, Most English-speaking children in three-dimensional book, will also crown the "POP-UP" to distinguish the general picture book for children .20 late 50 century, the Czech capital Prague Artia toy company conducted a series of remarkable books innovation. They book a large number of toys sold in the European market in the mid 60 century, .20, Graphics International's president, Waldo Hunt, inspired by the Czechs in the U.S. toy market, has published many books written. Since then, the toy market is the book revived the beginning, until now, the world's toy market, a thriving book, light the second year in the UK have produced three hundred doll book 60 years after the .20 century, toys, books increasingly making beautiful complex. opened the book, as opened a three-dimensional scene, authorities clever surprise, the book also add music, lighting, smell, sound, dolls and other devices.

Unlike the toys at this stage the last century, the book has a three-dimensional book, looking through the book looks like, it has become increasingly closer to the puzzle toys, and some have formed a separate class of toy brands, such as the Early Learning Machine, is an open book shape of the chassis, the inside pages of the book is a replaceable card, touch the corresponding parts of the card, you can send the human voice reading the words, songs, stories and so on. Now the toy book is even more innovation in materials such as cloth toy cars form book can be read within the pages. If the use of grass, hemp, animal fur and other materials lifelike reproduction of cute kittens in the basket image. In addition, there made of plastic fear of flooding, not afraid to tear, bite, take a bath when the child can play a bath book.

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Growth of a person's life, the emotional experience of childhood has an important influence on its life, the toys can promote children's sensory organ development, intellectual development and recreation, especially toys and children's book is more welcomed by parents, it can enhance children's cognitive understanding, creative thinking ability, imagination and attention, etc, while able to open extended field of vision to inspire the joy of children, emotions, develop good character, more nurturing children in the nurture interest in reading, good study habits for the lay basis.

Book design children's toys also have to consider the brand, shape, color, materials, packaging and other factors, but also to consider the children's toys should be safety, age, enlightenment, entertainment, vivid, inspiring, artistic, etc. characteristics. Meanwhile, the book also features children's toys because some of the characteristics of books, design book design should also learn from some of the methods, such as text layout, illustrations, drawing, color matching and so on. is important to find "toys" and "book "The combination of points, both entertaining and educational. In addition, children from age, gender, personality, environment, different preferences, the design should have the diversity and individuality.

1. Children's psychological, physiological feature is the basis of innovation
Children, characteristics of the various stages of physical development, mental development status is an innovative design. Ergonomics is an important subject of Industrial Design, user-friendly design is an essential quality toy designers. Rapid physical development of children, hand flexibility level, hand, brain level of coordination, language development, psychological characteristics and so on, of all ages varied widely. This requires the designer toy books children of all ages fully understand the needs careful consideration to design targeted toys, books.

2. In our ancient culture and folk art for inspiration
The nation's traditional culture and art book design features an important source of toys. Doll book has a strong form of the times, contemporary aesthetic tendencies and technological level of the external shape of toys, books and internal devices, but the doll book content is a cultural heritage, both story and illustrations with the characteristics of various nationalities. Therefore, the design of toys, books with a strong personality. China's ancient myths, folklore, idiom stories rich in resources, more world-renowned Mulan, the Monkey King and other artistic images, which are for toys, books and illustrations designed to provide content rich material. Our rich resources of folk art, young and old loved the shadow plays, puppet shows, character modeling exaggerated, decorative, and can be written for the toy The form design provide a useful reference. art color saturation of the paintings, decorative and strong, strong visual impact, loved by children can also color design for the toy provide a reference book.

3. Natural materials more suitable for children
The application of natural materials means materials for innovative toys provide a reference book. Paper, bamboo, hemp products, the use of a long history in China, rope, tied, baking, painting and other application forms, "<Kao Gong Ji>> and "<Heavenly Creations>> There are a lot of records, the use of these natural materials have appeared in children's toys in the design of the book, which is applicable to children of green materials.


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