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 han...