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Anomals

DESIGN: Einav Ben-Asher

Israel

 

make me! 2020

3rd make me! Paradyż Award (ex aequo) 10.000 PLN funded by Ceramika Paradyż


 

Anomals project aims to focus on society’s treatment towards abnormality. In our society it is harder for people who are not within the norm to integrate, and they are not accepted as equals often. Understanding that this perception of norms begins from childhood, the designer chose to represent the meaning of difference as a series of puppets. Usually, puppets are presented within the norm or as an ideal, therefore creating an abnormal puppet will attract attention and hopefully open up a new and positive dialogue about anomalies, at an early age.

 

The puppet series consists of 5 animals with a dominant characteristic. In this characteristic I intervened and created an anomaly. Using an animal as a puppet makes it a general example of representing a variety of abnormalities in people, while keeping the subject less threatening. Each puppet is a tool for explaining to children and encourages their acceptance and empathy.

Anomals, design: Einav Ben-Asher / from designer’s archive

Anomals, design: Einav Ben-Asher / from designer’s archive

Anomals, design: Einav Ben-Asher / from designer’s archive

Einav Ben-Asher

Einav Ben-Asher was born in 1986 in Israel. Ever since childhood, she was drawn to craftsmanship and artworks and found joy and interest in aesthetics. She graduated in 2013, with honors, B.Design studies at HIT- Holon institute of technology. Since then Einav has been working in several design studios in Israel, and collaborates on different projects in various fields, keeping her passion and creativity for designing things that give other people joy, aesthetics and functionality to their lives.

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