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From the Coroflot portfolio of : Tamsin van Essen (Prague, Czech Republic)

Featured Project : Medical Heirlooms

Tamsin van Essen has drawn the line between communication and industrial design, allowing her objects to function as well as educate. In her words:

"Exploring contemporary attitudes to disease and obsessions with perfection, Medical Heirlooms is a collection of ceramic apothecary jars that appear to have been affected by various hereditary diseases -- osteoporosis, psoriasis, acne, cancer, syphilis. As heirlooms, the jars can be passed down through the generations of a family in the same way as the medical conditions: a legacy of ill health."

Also check out her Contamination project we saw at the London Design Festival last week.

More images after the jump!