This master’s thesis showcases textile installation Dirty Business. It presents the starting point for the conception of the work, its social, cultural, and historical contexts and the process of the making. The aim of this paper is to highlight society’s attitude towards individuals who clean and to initiate a process of acceptance of cleaning utensils to the extent that they cease to cause a feeling of unwantedness. The installation consists of several objects, each component embodies an everyday object and the utensil to be cleaned with. The objects are stripped of their original functions. They are redesigned into new shapes, proportions and by combining them into elements, they take on new functions and new aesthetics. In this form, they can stimulate a more reflective perception of standard cleaning utensils. Implicit in this is the idea of different design principles, through which the products, thanks to their completed design and quality production, could become more valued, perhaps even desirable, pieces of family heirlooms.
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