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SENSORY FRAGMENT 2
Xavier Tsang, BeCandle in collaboration
with Groundrule Studio
Xavier Tsang, DTFS 2017-2019 Mentee
Created for Design Trust’s "Heritage is Innovation”
exhibition in 2019, Xavier Tsang created a dried plant
scent diffusing wall composed of 10 plants symbolising
the 10 courts of hell. It has since been well regarded
by visitors and acted as a source of inspiration behind
many of Tsang’s creations. Now, it has been reused and
transformed into a new medium to share a fragrance
collection. In collaboration with Groundrule Studio,
the dried plants had been collected, ground, and
pressed into 50 limited edition candle containers, with
specifically formulated heat-resistant bioplastic. They
will be filled with a candle with a scent alluding to the
“11th court of hell” of our time.
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PERFORMING ARTS SELF-CARE
KITS
Stephen Zimmerer and Medora Ebersole
Stephen Zimmerer, Design Trust Seed Grantee
Stephen Zimmerer’s ‘Performing Arts Self-Care Kits’
are a micro-curriculum that is designed in collaboration
with Stephen’s mother and arts educator, Medora
Ebersole. The curriculum contains eight performing
arts exercises, ranging from creating stick, finger,
and marionette puppets using construction paper,
to creating special effects with ingredients from the
kitchen. The project culminates in the creation of a
miniature puppet theatre built from recycled and found
materials and the design of a theatrical production.
The design process is two-fold - first art education and
graphic design (designed by Stephen and his mother),
and then finally theatrical and scenic design (designed
by the students). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the
Kits were distributed to public schools in Central
Pennsylvania, USA through free lunch programmes
that benefited over 2000 students.
Stephen Zimmerer
Stephen Medora Ebersole
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