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NIGHTMARES IN CHILDREN

YSDN 4004 Workshop | Mei Tong | March 24, 2014

RESEARCH

The purpose of the project is to study NIGHTMARES. To find out how it affects the sleeping cycles of children. In order to help understand the importance of sleep in a child’s growth.

Around 75% of children remember having at least one nightmare during childhood. An estimate of 10 to 50%

• f children age 3-5 years

have nightmares severe enough to wake parents along with themselves.

75%

TARGET AUDIENCE

3 5

3-5 years old Parents

The cause of fear or anxiety varies from child to child. Nightmares are a common issue that interrupts a child from getting the required amount of sleep needed.

PROBLEM

To create a product that will ease and comfort a child’s anxieties in order to reduce the number of nightmares so they can receive the necessary amount of sleep in order to grow and develop both physically and mentally.

OBJECTIVE

Dream Buddies will ease your child’s anxiety by targeting specific fears that may trigger nightmares. Each buddie provides comfort, saving parents from comforting their child personally and allowing both parent and child to get uninterrupted sleep.

3 Books 3 Plushes

DELIVERABLES

Book

Reinforces the powers of each monster to the child reading and will end the night with a bedtime story. Replace the role of the parent and provides safety for the child.

Plush

Mouth Eyes Its transparent like body makes anything it covers

• invisible. The perfect

buddy to help you hide. Children can wear it like a cape to become invisible during the day. Or they can spread it out and use it as a blanket. Feet

Protect you

PURPOSE SHAPE

Fights fear

• f darkness

Face Arms Hair Wispys His whole body glows to keep the dark away. The light reveals that the unknown isn’t so scary. For children to hug at night and lights up.

PURPOSE SHAPE

FRONT SIDE BACK

Legs

Ear Horns

Looks big and intimidating, but is actually goofy. At first scared everyone, but later uses his big body and voice to scare the monsters away by singing. Creepy monsters in the night, scary noises out of sight. You can’t scare me tonight, .....(working on it) Placed in locations where monsters can creep through. Plays melody/voice to soothe children to sleep.

Legs

Blocks entrances

• f where

monsters live

SHAPE PURPOSE

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FINAL PRODUCT

MINDI

ARO

SID