Os jogos infantis na criação de design têxtil

Abstract

The research aimed at developing a proposal of textile patterns to be used at the rooms of the Children’s Cancer Treatment Center (Centro de Tratamento da Criança com Câncer [CTCriaC]) located at the University Hospital (HUSM) from the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, using the games played and preferred by the children under care at the treatment center as visual reference. The main idea was to create patterns to textile pieces like bedclothes and pajamas to the CTCriaC rooms exploiting the games universe as a way to introduce a little more of happiness and lightness to the hospital environment through the colors and shapes contributing to stimulate children patients’ recovery. Thus, beyond being present in the products (bedclothes and dressing) functional aspect, the design tries to establish with the user – CTCriaC’s patients – an affable, emotional and symbolic relationship. The project’s proposal is of insertion in the community by observing children under treatment at HUSM Hemato-oncology Service, considering their leisure time and recreational activities which happen during their intern time to disease treatment. Besides that, the work methodology includes the observation by the hospital staff (physicians, nurses, attendants and auxiliaries, psychologists) in order to find the appropriate alternatives to this context while handling with the development of clothing and bedclothes in accordance with the standards required at the health field. The study resulted in a set of textile pieces compound by a kit of sheet and pajama, six different patterns were developed based on four children’s’ game (puzzles, board games, memory games and bingo games), from which twenty four color flags were produced, making a total of ten pajamas and four sheet sets.