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Designer / Brand: Paul Justin Project Type: cardboard construction system Classification: Toy Published: Sunday, 4 October 2026

Makedo Toolkit

Makedo Toolkit is a reusable set of tools for creative cardboard construction. The toolkit holds a Safe-saw, a Scrudriver, twenty-one Scru connectors and seven Scru XL connectors in a resealable pouch. With these three tool types, children from the age of four can cut cardboard, punch holes and join layers securely. Scissors, blades and tape place safety and function limits on young makers, so the toolkit was developed to remove those limits. Found cardboard can be built into objects of any size, alone or in groups, in classrooms, maker spaces, museums and homes.

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Designer / Brand: Yang Zhang Project Type: Building Toy Classification: Toy Published: Saturday, 3 October 2026

The pipe circuit

Water Pipe Circuit is a building toy that helps children understand the basic principles of electric circuits. The design compares the flow of electricity to the flow of water, so connecting a circuit becomes as simple as joining pipes. Each electronic component is sealed inside an independent module, and modules with different functions are given different colors. The module type and the light path that shows the current are engraved on the shell by laser. Each time a module is joined, the module lights up to confirm a correct connection. The toy is made of ABS and PC.

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Designer / Brand: Lea Vavra Project Type: Didactic Toy Classification: Toy Published: Friday, 2 October 2026

Gumbek

Gumbek is a didactic plush toy that stimulates creativity and encourages the development of fine motor skills through play. This modular toy comes in parts and kids have to assemble their own toy by connecting the parts together in order to create a whole. There are seven different segments; three larger ones and four smaller ones. The pieces are attached to one another by threading the buttons through the buttonholes, which helps to improve fine motor skills, Also, the arrangement of different shapes helps to develop imagination and creativity as the toy can be put together in different ways.

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Designer / Brand: Sha Yang Project Type: Mathematics Early Education Toys Classification: Toy Published: Thursday, 1 October 2026

Elephant Weight

Elephant Weight is a mathematics early education toy for children over three years old. The design is based on the traditional Chinese story Cao Chong Weighs the Elephant, in which equal replacement is used to measure a large object with many small ones. Each small elephant weight is marked with its mass, from 5 grams to 100 grams. An object is placed in the boat, the sinking level is marked, and weights are added until the hull returns to that level. Children add the marked values to learn about weight and numbers.

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Designer / Brand: ILSA YUMENG LI Project Type: Tactile Meditation Playset Classification: Toy Published: Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Meta Zen

Meta Zen is a meditation playset for adults and co-create interior decor. Minimalism in forms, employing widely recognized Zen aesthetics with parametric design, the modules complete the dynamic sand pattern, from a three-piece table object to a whole facade decoration, deploying a Zen atmosphere in minutes. Modular panels embed magnets to ease precise alignment efforts in building, which is friendly to visually impaired people, elders, and users with hand tremors. The patented modular system is quaint with rich texture and organically colored from fully biodegradable material.

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Designer / Brand: Martin Oberhauser Project Type: Game Classification: Toy Published: Tuesday, 29 September 2026

Pocket Ninja

Pocket Ninja is a compact game designed for skill and dexterity training. The game measures 70 millimetres and fits in a pocket, so it can be used at home, in the gym or while travelling. Pocket Ninja arrives unassembled, and players build the game from the supplied pieces and the guide, like a three dimensional puzzle. The shaped grips support an exercise called DYNOs, in which the game is thrown and caught with two fingers while the grip is changed. The game is produced in Italy by injection moulding.

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Design Idea of the DaySpecial CoverageSunday, 27 September 2026

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