Max von Elverfeldt Designer

Mortician – play set for children

The mortician set for children was a result of an extensive design research on death and mourning in our days. Probably every child knows the doctors set which enables a playful entrance to the sometimes frightening world of illnesses, hospitals and doctors. Almost every boy plays being a police officer and holds rather sooner than later a deceptively real-looking plastic gun in his hands. Do-it-yourself kits allow children to become a baker or a jewelry designer while 4-year old imitate their parents by changing a (fake) baby’s diaper…