Bill Morgan’s life has been full of luck – good and bad. He should have died in June 1998 and for 14 minutes he did. But somehow doctors managed to revive him after he had a heart attack and spent 15 days in a coma. Mr. Morgan, then 37 and living in a caravan park in Melbourne's outer suburbs, was dubbed a 'medical miracle'. Bill Morgan decided to try his luck at the lottery. He purchased a scratch-off ticket and instantly won a car – worth about A$30k at the time. Bill was expectedly overjoyed.
Growing up in a strict social hierarchy can lead to real frustration. The bottling of thoughts, biting one’s tongue regularly, and having to uphold unquestionable respect for one’s elders is what inspired young designer Yi-Fei Chen to create the Tear Gun.
It is a physical metaphor that represents Chen’s stifled frustration after an altercation with one of her tutors left her in tears. After years of suppressing emotions to avoid rudeness, Chen’s design is the literal expression of her internal