Wooden disk launcher displayed with its colourful Mechano Mind packaging

At Mechanominds, my main task was to create wooden toys designed to deliver an educational experience through play.

For my first project, I chose to focus on the principles of the flywheel and friction. Integrating these concepts resulted in a handheld disk launcher.

Build, understand, play

The kit brings together the launcher, disks, a play board, and illustrated instructions in one clear physical experience. By making construction visible rather than hiding it, the object treats the mechanism itself as part of the learning and play.

I developed the product through Rhinoceros and Grasshopper, from its components and mechanism to its instructions and boxed presentation.

Documentation

Disk Launcher assembly manual

Disk launcher emerging from its illustrated cardboard packaging — The kit turns its packaging, parts, and instructions into the beginning of the play experience.

Completed wooden disk launcher with green disks and illustrated instructions — The finished launcher sits alongside its illustrated instructions and set of play disks.

Close-up of the layered wooden mechanism inside the disk launcher — Layered wooden parts make the launcher mechanism legible and approachable for young builders.

Unpacked disk launcher parts arranged with an assembly guide — The package unfolds into components, tools, instructions, and a guided assembly sequence.

Disk launcher components arranged with their illustrated assembly manual — Each stage separates the parts clearly, making assembly part of the learning and play.

Complete Disk Launcher kit with launcher, board, disks, and illustrated manual — The complete set brings building, mechanical exploration, and disk-launching play into one system.

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