designed by bezalel incubator, ‘fortune soap’ explores how our lives will look after COVID-19, and how our symbols, habits and perceptions will change after an unprecedented global health pandemic. turning a simple bar of soap into a wall-mounted decoration, the project celebrates the new and important role of an otherwise everyday product.

this hanging soap turns hygiene into a good luck charm for a post COVID-19 era

all images courtesy of bezalel incubator

 

 

fortune soap is described by bezalel incubator as ‘an exploration of new symbolism in the post-COVID-19 era’. this new artefact is the product of a changed reality in which hygiene has assumed an urgent new role: one that is freshly infused with both superstition and scientific rationality. 

this hanging soap turns hygiene into a good luck charm for a post COVID-19 era

 

 

the design is an interpretation of the lucky charm. by hanging it on the wall like a symbol of hygiene, it serves as a reminder to wash your hands and gives cleanliness a new meaning as a sign for luck and wealth for the future. tied in red rope, the piece brings decoration to a plain white wall surface, then, while in use, the soap lathers up to make hand washing a new ritual.

this hanging soap turns hygiene into a good luck charm for a post COVID-19 era

this hanging soap turns hygiene into a good luck charm for a post COVID-19 era

this hanging soap turns hygiene into a good luck charm for a post COVID-19 era

this hanging soap turns hygiene into a good luck charm for a post COVID-19 era

this hanging soap turns hygiene into a good luck charm for a post COVID-19 era  

 

 

project info:

 

project name: fortune soap

design: bezalel incubator (daniel elkayam, yael rozen, alon menachem, nastya golubozky, kobi yehoshua, daniel garber)

 

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edited by: lynne myers | designboom