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Student project
Graduation project by Pierre Dorion
Background
“Right out of the bat, I'm a nerd so I'm into everything sci-fi related. My creations may not change the world, but if it brings a smile onto someone's face, it was worth the effort.”
Graduation project by Pierre Dorion
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.
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