Liza Zazimko

A material response to the social dynamics of Estonia.

The project explores how designed artifacts can propagate social cohesion, sense of belonging, and trust within a linguistically divided context.
Jewelry becomes a medium that manifests a social commentary: ritual-based artifacts that aim to connect people through shared participation and embodied gestures.

In Estonia today, language often acts as an intangible barrier - a marker of loyalty, a source of prejudice, shaped by historical trauma and collective memory. Drawing from the country’s cultural landscape, natural symbolism, and events-as-symbols, the speculative artifacts propose gestures of proximity, trust, and collective engagement.

The goal is not to impose unity, but to create space for it to emerge.
The envisioned Estonia is not of ethnic hierarchies but of cultural harmonies. A community where pride is not exclusive and inclusion is not conditional. 
In a country of many voices, belonging must be practiced. Connection is a double-sided responsibility, and is intentional, not automatic.