Smoke Doll

The Smoke Doll, designed by Daniel Goddemeyer, was developed to decrease the amount of smoke that children are exposed to. “Smoke is a doll whose physical breathing behaviour is depending on the amount of passive smoke it is exposed to. When it gets to the child, it reacts to the child’s touch and breathes very calm, regular and normal. When being exposed to passive smoke, the smoke doll starts breathing by itself and gets more and more excited about inhaling the cigarette smoke. Over time though, the inhaled smoke destroys the doll’s breathing until it becomes irregular, coughing and finally ceases simultaneously with the appearance of real nicotine stains on it’s outside. The parent’s realization that they are about to destroy the child’s toy and that their smoking habits and consideration for the child’s health are going to be visible to their social surroundings by an either healthy or sick doll will help to make the parents think about their smoking behaviour around their children.” (Maikinee) Interesting concept, but will it work?