Fountain of Hygiene competition calls on designers to rethink hand sanitisers amid coronavirus pandemic

Experience designer Bompas & Parr has launched a design competition to rethink hand sanitisers to encourage hand-washing during the coronavirus pandemic while raising money for charity.

The Fountain of Hygiene competition calls for designers to propose new forms of hand-sanitiser pumps as well as more creative hygiene solutions.

Shortlisted entries will be displayed in the Design Museum in London and auctioned by Christie's auction house to raise money for the British Red Cross.

The charity is setting up a fund to help people around the world without access to good healthcare to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Details of the fund will be announced shortly.

Fountain of Hygiene is a competition to redesign hand sanitisers

"Bompas & Parr invites creatives, designers, makers and architects to design takes on the sanitiser pumps now on counters across the globe," said Bompas & Parr. "The results will be displayed at the Design Museum in early April and auctioned by Christie's to raise money for The British Red Cross."

"Through the creation of elevated rethinking of sanitiser pumps and dispense units, this open competition seeks to encourage the use of sanitising alcohol gels in both the public and domestic realms," the studio added.

"Participants are free to choose to design or embellish sanitiser pumps, sprays, wipes, dispense units or even gestures and rituals."

Bompas & Parr launched the competition to encourage hand-washing

Thorough hand-washing has been identified as one of the key ways people can help minimise their chances of catching Covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. Other recommended lifestyle changes include social distancing to minimise contact with others, and self-isolating if you develop symptoms.

The competition is a collaboration between Bompas & Parr, the Design Museum and Christie's, with Dezeen as media partner.

Shortlisted designs will be published on Dezeen. If the coronavirus pandemic prevents a physical exhibition taking place at the Design Museum, it will be replaced by a digital exhibition.

The design competition will raise money for the British Red Cross

"I've always had a bit of a phobia for sanitiser pumps and dispensing units, much preferring a regular bar of soap," said Harry Parr, director of Bompas & Parr. "I hope the extraordinary work we anticipate will make using alcohol gels a joy for everyone."

"Developing widely adopted strategies for safely socialising is essential for the continued dynamism of the global economy," added Sam Bompas. "Humans are social beings and the right artefacts have a role in getting us through."

"Design has an important role in helping to solve many of the challenges that we face in daily life including some of those raised by the recent Covid-19 outbreak," said Tim Marlow, chief executive and director of the Design Museum.

"We hope that the shortlisted entries of the sanitiser design competition will demonstrate the importance of research and innovative thinking. We look forward to seeing the entries at the museum and raising money for an important cause."

More details of the competition can be found here. The entry deadline is 29 March.

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NYCxDesign postponed until October due to coronavirus

NYCxDesign events have been postponed from May until October due to the US outbreak of coronavirus, while the awards will be held virtually.

NYCxDesign was due to take place from 12-20 May but has suspended its plans for five months amid measures to maintain the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus.

While all in-person events will be postponed, the NYCxDesign Awards programme will be held digitally in May with all winners announced online.

"NYCxDesign was conceived to bring New York together in celebration of the incredible talent in the city, and the tremendous examples of international design that are shown here," said NYCxDesign's vice president and executive director Edward Hogikyan.

October event coincides with New York architecture and design acitivities

"Gathering our community around design is so central to the work we do that, given the concerns around Covid-19, we are shifting from our annual festival in May to a reconceived fall programme to ensure the safety and well-being of all who participate in and visit NYCxDesign."

NYCxDesign said it will confirm the dates of the October event at a later point.

Its postponement means it will coincide with a host of other design events in the city like Archtober, the Architecture and Design Film Festival and Open House New York Weekend.

The virtual awards, which will then followed by a live event in the fall, meanwhile joins a number on digitial alternatives that have been introduced to replace real-world interactions. Designers, universities, events and brands with products to launch are all taking activities online in the wake of the pandemic.

Suspension follows the growing US coronavirus outbreak

Among these are US institutions Harvard University, Stanford University and Columbia University, which have suspended in-person lessons and switched to digital learning materials and lectures.

NYCxDesign's suspension follows the growing outbreaks of coronavirus in the US. At the time of publication, there are more than  4,000 confirmed cases in the country and 86 deaths, according to the New York Times.

New York City has taken a number of measures to mitigate the spread of the virus. Museums and galleries including MoMA, The Met and Solomon R Guggenheim have been shut entirely until further notice. The city is also restricting restaurants to delivery and takeout services from today.

Global architecture and design events are postponed

Architecture and design events across the globe that were scheduled for 2020 have either been postponed or cancelled in the wake of coronavirus.

AIA has postponed its annual architecture conference, Berlin Design Week 2020 has been cancelled yesterday, while DesignMarch in Iceland and 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen have also been postponed.

Italy has quarantined the entire country following a major outbreak in the north leading to the postponement of the industry's two key events, Milan's Salone del Mobile and the Venice Architecture Biennale. The Salone del Mobile furniture fair will decide next month whether it will still take place in June

Visit Dezeen Events Guide's list of affected events for more information.

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Skillshare Classes to Keep You Busy—and Give You a Break from the News—While Social Distancing

As many of us are stuck at home the next few weeks due to the ongoing threat of coronavirus, Colossal aims to help fill the hours both productively—and unproductively—with some fun lists of activities: think art podcasts, animated shorts, online classes, our favorite art documentaries streaming now, and a few great new books. So log off Twitter, block the news for a few hours, and distract yourself from the ebb and flow of global anxiety. Today we start with Skillshare, an innovative online platform offering creative courses ranging from illustration and design to creative writing and marketing. Here are some of our favorite courses available now, many taught by artists and designers previously mentioned here on Colossal.

Take a drawing class with New York-based artist Shantell Martin (previously). She offers two courses designed for all levels using what she terms “low-maintenance” materials, like simple pens and drawing apps.

 

Learn to letter with Jessia Hische. The San Francisco-based illustrator, who has an impressive client list, has released three classes, including one designing book covers and two others focusing on text-based projects.

 

Detroit-born designer Aaron Draplin offers a course designed to “celebrate your grandma and all the weird sh*t your dad says by designing your family crest.” In other words, he teaches attendees the basics of logo design.

 

 

Sara Boccaccini Meadows combines watercolor and gouache in a class that teaches students to create a lush, botanical garden. The Brooklyn-based illustrator talks through sketching, mixing colors, layering paints, and adding detail.

 

For those hoping to build a brand, photographer and creative consultant Gareth Pon (previously) provides a staggering statistic: there are more than 300 million Instagram accounts. Pon’s course teaches best practices for getting noticed, from perfecting your profile to consistency to cross-posting.

 

A simple program based on daily practice, Brent Eviston’s The Art & Science of Drawing is created for beginners hoping to learn the fundamentals of shape, proportion, and shading.

 

Eviston offers a similar class focused on anatomical forms and bodies, although The Art & Science of Figure Drawing is geared toward those who already have a solid understanding of drawing basics.

 

Create a short clip with American director and stop-motion animator PES (previously), who shares insights behind developing concepts, determining narratives, getting the film, and editing a stop-motion project in his course.

 

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“We’ll never run out of walls”: build and curate your own virtual art gallery in Occupy White Walls

Early access gamers have already built virtual gallery space 336 times the size of the Louvre, filled with over 6,000 pieces of iconic and contemporary artworks.

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Experimental websites which use video in fun, unexpected ways

From a streaming platform combining nature documentaries and The Matrix to a landing page featuring a film by Arthur Jafa, this month’s Double Click celebrates the best uses of video.

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