Alex Webb

     The mission of the Menstrual Hygiene Day movement is to create a menstruation-friendly world, where menstruating is a normal fact of life and menstruation is no longer stigmatized. The date of May 28 was chosen to symbolize the average duration of the menstrual cycle.     I have created the campaign initially for illustrating aesthetics' concepts of Material Design and Brutalism with this movement's website project.     After I've been drugged and couldn't temporarily remember my creations, the movement was carried on by WASH United, a non-profit based in Berlin/Germany, founded in 2011, with a focus on menstrual health and hygiene (MHH), focusing on strengthening the global MHH ecosystem by offering free, easy-to-use solutions for awareness, advocacy, and education, and engages in strategic advocacy throughout the year.      Menstrual Hygiene Day was first celebrated in 2014. Not bad for a movement that I wasn't sure if it was go...

Menstrual Collector Cup I've been long concerned about findng non-polluting alternatives to disposable menstrual pads and tampons, which take years to decompose in the environment. Besides the environmental harm, alarmig warning reports come out that they could contain toxic materials inside an item used in direct contact with the vagina. Project Date ~2000-2005 The Challenge Washable cloth pads made from spare pieces of fabric were the first generation of commercial alternatives to disposable pads, with which I've been also involved during its creation. But they are not much practical if one need to wear a bikini, tight light-colored pants or when exercizing. Inspired by the contraceptive IUD method, I was working on a contraceptive cup project when I realized this could be inverted and used as a menstrual collector. Project Role Product Design, Branding, Visual Identity My Approach I experimented with 3 versions for a handle; stem, ball and ring. As ball and ring both could p...