REACH

The problem

Traditional safety education often relies on verbal or written warnings to communicate potential hazards. However, these warnings may not help adults fully understand how young children perceive their surroundings or why seemingly ordinary objects can attract their curiosity. As a result, everyday dangers in familiar spaces can easily be overlooked.

How might we move beyond traditional safety warnings and help adults experience the hidden dangers of everyday kitchens through a young child’s perspective?

THE Solution

REACH transforms an everyday kitchen into a fantasy world through changes in physical perspective. By standing and sitting, participants experience how ordinary household objects can become exciting and potentially dangerous through a child’s imagination.

the Experience

A pot handle becomes a dragon’s tail, a knife becomes a sword, and a cleaning bottle becomes a magical potion. Through physical interactions such as pulling, picking up, opening and inserting objects, participants discover the real-world hazards hidden behind these playful forms.

Fantasy Objects

REACH is not simply about recognising kitchen hazards, but understanding why everyday objects may attract a child’s curiosity.
By combining imagination, perspective and physical interaction, REACH encourages adults to look beyond the familiar, reconsider hidden risks in everyday environments, and see the world from different perspectives.