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Building with noook® fosters the imagination and encourages the act of creativity.

To start with, there are three basic principles. Once you've mastered these, you can get creative and build as big as your dreams.

noook is as easy as 1-2-3

Simply start by connecting noook discs.

Sit down, open a pack, get creative...

Cartoon of a boy and a girl beginning to play with noook construction discs.

Try slotting noook® discs together like this...

Start off by slotting two noook discs together.

You can join the folds to create an edge...

You can join the folds of each disc to create an edge or ridge.

...or, to make something flat and strong, make sure the folds don't join.

To make something flat and strong, ensure the folds don't join.
To make a corner, bend one of the discs along the fold.

To make a corner, do something like this.

What will you build?

What will you build?

1. Start at the bottom.

Cartoon of a boy, a girl and a dog deginning to build a noook structure

Why does this keep falling over?

noook® discs won't stand up easily in just a straight line...

Cartoon of a girl making a strong base with noook discs

...but this stands up?

...but if you bend one along the central fold, you can create a corner.

Why is this so wobbly?

Cartoon of a boy making a wobbly noook base

If noook® discs are arranged unevenly, they won't help to reinforce each other...

...but this is strong and straight?

...but if they're arranged neatly and tightly, they can support one another and be strong.

Cartoon of a boy and a girl making a strong noook base
Cartoon of a strong noook base made into a triangle

...and why is this even stronger?

Triangles are one of the strongest shapes around - think Egyptians and their pyramids. Try putting as many triangles into your noook® structure as you can.

2. Then go up.

Why won't this stand up?

Cartoon of a boy trying to build a corner with noook

...but this does?

Cartoon of a girl building a strong corner with noooks all aligned
Cartoon of a boy and girl building a corner with noook construction discs.

And why is this stronger?

Cartoon of a girl and boy building a strong corner with noook construction discs, making use of their central fold.

But this is stronger still?

3. Finish at the top.

A boy and a girl building a wobbly structure out of noook construction discs.

Why does adding noooks® at the top stop the structure wobbling?

A boy and a girl making their noook structure stronger by connecting the tops together.

...and why does this stop it wobbling in two directions?

...and, if you need some help...

...just ask.

Don't be afraid to ask for help when building with noook.
A noook structure is strongest when you connect corners in two directions.
Fold noook discs to begin making roofs.
A finished noook structure - strong and life-size.

4. Get creative.

Sometimes it's not easy being creative. I mean, where do you even start? But luckily... if you know a little bit about how creativity works, it can become a lot easier.

The first thing to know is that new ideas don't come out of nowhere. Instead, new ideas are simply old things that have either been changed, or mixed with another already-existing thing.

So, if you're finding it difficult to get creative... simply do this... find something that interests you... and try to change it - try asking, "How might this be different?"... or try and mix this interesting thing with something else you find interesting.

It's simple... just try asking, "How might this be different?"

What will you build?

5. Experiment.

Make

Cartoon of a boy and girl pushing over a tower made of noook construction discs to see what will happen.
Cartoon of a boy and girl celebrating their noook structure.
Cartoon of a boy and girl building a strong tower out of noook construction discs.

Test

Try again...

...and to make your ideas really great, remember this: make, test and try again.

Just make something. Experiment. See what works and what doesn't work. And if it doesn't, don't worry - just try again. Simply ask yourself, "How might it be different, so that it works better next time?"

This is how designers, inventors, artists, engineers, scientists, poets and musicians all come up with great ideas and make amazing works of art...and this too is how you should play with noook®.

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