Spina, Femur och Thorax - ett anatomiskt verktyg för barnsjukvård
Hospitals have a set perception as an unpleasant and frighteningatmosphere.The examination-rooms of today within the children?shospitals are often bare and needs embellishment and decoration tocreate a satisfying setting. The decoration might have the function asa divertion from pain and anxiety.According to my experience the decorations of today consists mainlyof Winnie the Pooh figures, a clown or a hockey poster, never anythinglinked to the body and it?s functions.Spina, Thorax & Femur is a project that focuses on the visual identityand possibility to a deeper understanding and playfulness around thebody perception within the nursing environment.A visit at the hospital could be part of a creative knowledgeacquisition. The project result are two boards of glass-enamelledsteel. One of the boards has a cut out bodyform in a diffrent colourand the other consists of movable magnetic bodyparts and organsmountable to the bodyboard. Caring staff and patient can togetherby these two boards easy explain and get to understand the functionsof the body. To be able to visualize the actual diagnose in this way,gives a possibility to understand and adapt the condition both forthe child and the realtive. Children have the right to be taken seriouslyand have the right to get to know.