Empathy

Yeo Yiliang

Empathy is a coin bank that was designed to encourage the user to empathise with those in need. An internal separator splits the coins into personal savings (the opaque area of ABS and brass) and a charitable amount (glass base). Once the personal savings area is filled, additional coins will fall into the charitable area suggesting that once you have enough, you can afford to provide to others. The design was inspired by Zakat – the Islamic practice of almsgiving. The designer’s hope is that Empathy will encourage mutual understanding between religions.