Johan Karlsson |
Master
Year of birth: 1981 Place of birth: Södertälje
Contact: +46 (0) 73 640 14 33 Pee and Go Sit on the toilet, wait patiently, learn the tricks of squatting, leaning and covering the seat with paper. The ladies’ toilet is a product surrounded in cunning strategies. At the pub hardly anyone uses it the way it is intended. So why is it the way it is? Would a urinal work? Time and again this very debate has cropped up in gender debates, in conversations at the pub and as letters to the daily press. Pee and Go is a degree project about women, pee, body and culture, and design as a means to change behavioral patterns. The result is a golden urinal for women made of sanitary porcelain – a product with a design based on a background study and a design strategy for cultural change. As a designer I am as interested in behavior as in design. Products are available everywhere and form a cornerstone of our culture. This is an opportunity to be involved and to exert influence. |
