CREATIVE KIDS TOP Other Good Design Award: My Top Pick—KOOV

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2016.09.30
Good Design Award: My Top Pick—KOOV

For the Good Design Award’s “My Favorite Product of 2016” category,
I submitted a recommendation for KOOV.

By combining blocks with motors and sensors,
and transferring the movements programmed on a tablet, you can create a moving toy.
By building things and programming,
children naturally develop STEM skills—often referred to as 21st-century skills.
Furthermore, the objects created by combining transparent, seven-colored blocks
are beautiful because their transparency allows multiple colors to blend, creating depth.
The two “O”s in the center of KOOV symbolize infinity.
I can’t wait to see what kinds of ideas children will come up with and bring to life.
I feel an infinite sense of possibility.

http://designhub.jp/exhibitions/2577/


　

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    Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
    Director, B Lab
    Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
    Chairperson, CANVAS

    After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, he served as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab before founding the NPO CANVAS and the Learning of Tomorrow Association, a General Incorporated Association, and assuming the role of representative. He serves as an outside director for Matsuya Co., Ltd., Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., and Digital Garage, Inc.
    He has served on various government committees, including the Information and Communications Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, as well as the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council. He also serves as a director of the Digital Signage Consortium, among other roles. He holds a Ph.D. in Policy and Media.
    His publications include *Turning On Children’s Creativity!*, *What Are Smart Kids Doing on Their Smartphones?*, *The Forefront of Online Education in Japan: Considering Learning in the Post-COVID Era*,“What Is Programming Education? 45 Questions Parents Want to Know,” and “Declaration on Digital Education.” He has also provided supervision for numerous works, including “Ah, I See! Programming Education for Parents and Children Through Manga.”