Afgangsprojekt by Pierre Dorion

Børn og våben hører ikke sammen! Eller gør de...? Designeren ønsker at udfordre de tabuer, der gør, at vi som voksne reagerer mod børns krigslege. Tværtimod mener han, at legene med ’skydefingre’ og legetøjspistoler er godt for børnenes motorik og selvtillid, og at de lærer at håndterer aggressioner på en sjov og legende måde.

Derfor har han designet workshops i samarbejde med SFO’er, hvor børnene selv bliver actionhelte, bygger deres egne fantasifulde våben og arrangerer kreative kamplege, i stedet for at indordne sig under mediernes virkelige krigsbilleder.

Children and guns don't belong together! Or do they…? The designer wants to challenge the taboos that make us, as adults, react against children engaging in war games. On the contrary, he believes that playing with 'finger guns' and toy guns promotes the children's motor skills and self-confidence, teaching them to deal with aggression in a fun and playful manner.

That is why he has designed workshops in collaboration with after-school programmes, where the children themselves become action heroes, build their own imaginative weapons and organize creative fighting games, rather than conforming to the media's actual images of war.