Paper Town
Educational
Board Game
Coding ixd
Coding IxD (Interaction Design) is about blending digital code with physical interaction, creating products that merge virtual and material worlds (neo-analog), focusing on user skills, cultural context, and developing tangible, interactive experiences.
Freie University
This project is collaberated with students in CS from Freie University along side Porduct Design from kunsthuchule weisensee berlin,
Learn though playing.
Paper Town is a educational board game designed for kids from 9-12 to learn about energy power plants and how to choose them for different cities. As the nuclear energy issue is inportant both in Taiwan and Germany, we hope to iuntroduce the topic of energy and sustainability early into the kid's education journey, ensuring them to make the right decision in the future.
Paper as connection.
The map is a simple printing paper, as the most accesible material you can find in classrooms. students are challenged to come up with creative ways to reach the goal.
Light up buildings.
As the coal in pencil are detected through the sensor put under the housing 3D printed buildings, the compartment inside lights up, indicates that the electricity is distributed successfully.
Exhibition in Berlin, Modular.
Exhibition Held in Modular, Berlin from Feb 13-15, 2025.
Concept Video.
Paper Town is an educational board game designed to teach kids in school about sustainability and energy at an early age. By placing different energy power plant to the fitting area on the map, distribute energy to make the city run at a most energy efficient and eco-friendly way.
the video showcase the process of playing the game, and also how to use paper in a creative way to achieve goal.
Website.
All projects from Paper: Drive can be found in this website, in collaberation with FU CS department and Coding Ixd Clusters of Excellence: matters of activity.
Exhibition in Taipei.
Paper Town is a project created in Berlin, Germany during the study in Weisensee kunsthuchule Berlin. the project is displayed in huashan as part of the MOE Scholarship Program for Overseas Study in Arts and Design exhibition.
Design and Built by
Shih, Wei-Yu
Portfolio 2025
contact
(+886) 978259315
italkwilliam@gmail.com
