"My project "Playground Hazards" deals with the social pressure that weighs on you as you grow up and search for your own identity, and the feeling that all the roles in society have already been assigned. The objects, built on the principle of a large stuffed animal - the first things through which a child learns about the world and its rules, resemble an airbag and interact with the human body. A person in these objects begins to feel his body differently, he bends unnaturally and feels the weight of the toy. The main idea was to create a construction set for adults that would revive the sensations of childhood. In the installation, which is an integral part of the project, I wanted to create a space for safe play and self-awareness, but at the same time give the feeling that all objects are too unstable for play and you are in a kind of restrictive zone." Marina Aleksashina, June 2021

The 3D animations were created in collaboration with Charobay

Marina Aleksashina was born and raised in Moscow. She studied academic drawing and painting and then fashion design and art direction in the fashion industry at the HSE Art and Design School in Moscow. During her studies she was interested in social and political aspects of contemporary design, which she also incorporated into her graduation collection. She reached the final of the i-D and Artsthread Design Graduate Show with her graduation collection. In addition to her fashion design projects, she is interested in interdisciplinary design and the development of design spaces. In 2018, Marina Aleksashina won the Hermès competition to design shop windows in Moscow.

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