Hide and Seek

Thank you Caroline and Ellie.

Well,,, now my turn.

I'm Hiroko from Graphic design / Illustration.

Hide and Seek

I created this board game kit which players can change the patterns and rules. As children develop play, you would enjoy this toy with your creativity and imagination.

I set my initial theme, which was about children's imagination, and thus started the research in the V&A Museum of Childhood. The museum was filled with so many old toys and games. Recalling my childhood memories inspired me to incorporate several elements of toys into my outcome. I informed the layering techniques of the Victorian theater set, mosaic puzzle, fashion dolls and old blocks which I found in the museum. This game kit itself is like a toy chest of our memory.

I also investigated the correlation between environment and children's emotions. I found spatial elements influence children's feelings and imagination. I researched the main emotions, curiosity and fear, which link lightness and darkness, as this kind of contrast is very common in fairy tales and children's book. I also researched V&A exhibition 'Telling Tales' to create two patterns of this game set.