The design of Stack ’n’ Sort was inspired by the retro and classic toy the shape sorter.  

 

The focus of Stack ’n’ Sort is to help develop children’s fine motor skills, shape and colour recognition and hand eye coordination. It encourages children to be imaginative and to explore the many different variations of play.

 

Stack ’n’ Sort consists of a base sphere that has connectors that attract to 3 different sized smaller outer domes. The key functions of the Stack ’n’ Sort are nesting, sorting, stacking and connecting to allow for variations of interwoven play. 

 

The intended material used to make Stack ’n’ Sort is to be made from 100% recycled PET plastic bottles mixed with recycled nylon carpet.

 

The form of Stack ’n’ Sort has been made in Fusion 360 then 3D printed on the university form 2 resin printers. The focus was on the connections and getting each component to interlock seamlessly. This was achieved by a satisfying click connection that was replicated on both the interior and exterior lip of the domes.