No.9 Yoichi Sakakihara Prize

Light & Color by Tinybop

Tinybop Inc(America)

About

Light & Color by Tinybop helps children discover how light is made, how it moves, and the range of colors it can produce. Children can mix paint and light, play with prisms and lenses, sort colors, and make rainbows. Also, children can use Augmented Reality to collect and identify the colors and connect them with emotions.

Prize Comment

Hi, my name is Raul Gutierrez founder and CEO of Tinybop. And even though I’m away from home and traveling right now, I wanted to say thank you so much for recognizing our app “Light & Color by Tinybop” by one of the Digital ehon awards. Japanese culture mean so much to us. My brother was a teacher in Awajishima for 8 years. And design is personally taught down in Children’s media, learned so much from studying Japanese design. So doumo arigatou gozaimasu. Thank you so much.

Comment by Juror

Compared to the early narrative-style digital picture books, today’s content is much more about having fun, exploring, and creating.
I chose this as an inquiry-type work that explores the structure of the world.
In today’s world, where science is said to be moving away from
I think it’s an excellent digital picture book that is easy to understand physically phenomenon and beautifully conveyed.