Design in Sustainable Toys
Chapter from the book:
Akarslan Kodaloğlu,
F.
(ed.)
2023.
Research on Art and Design.
Synopsis
Toys have an important effect on the development of children, who are our future. Toys having such an importance should be handled sensitively in the design process. With industrialization, toy designs are mostly realized through factories. The designs of toys produced in the factories focus on plastic and its derivatives. Today, sustainable designs in toys are among the products preferred by parents. There are many types of sustainable toys. In this direction, the effect of sustainable products on the design of wooden toys is the aim of the research. In order to achieve this aim, a descriptive analysis of the data obtained by using document analysis, one of the qualitative research methods, was made.
Necessary evaluations were made by examining the studies and approaches related to sustainable designs in toys. In this direction, suggestions have been put forward for the studies that can be done for the dissemination of sustainability in toy design. Finally, in the light of the data obtained during the research process, it was concluded that parents pay more attention to the choice of wooden and sustainable toys they would buy for their children.