Designed by: Betty Ng, Chi Yan Chan, Jay Lee, Juan Minguez and Katja Lam, COLLECTIVE
Design Trust Affiliation: Friends of Design Trust
Description:
Combining the desire to be touched and maintaining the utmost care for hygiene, COLLECTIVE’s ‘Rub me for 20 seconds’ is the antidote for those suffering from “skin hunger”. The piece addresses the touch deprivation millions are suffering from due to the pandemic lockdown, together with the symptoms of touch paranoia, while at the same time fulfilling the ultimate public health effort of hand washing.
“Rub me for 20 seconds” contrives to substitute a fragment of human touch to the current critical act and excessive need of hand-washing. It encompasses the dichotomy of soap as gentle and soothing, particularly in the form of a hand, yet destructive for microorganism and viruses.
From a “Found” porcelain hand mould, a “Daily” rubber glove; and a “New” silicone mould of their own hand, this series recreates each object as a new piece of hand soap.
Image Credit: Betty Ng, Chi Yan Chan, Jay Lee, Juan Minguez and Katja Lam, COLLECTIVE