At first I thought this was a visually impressive but otherwise shallow exercise in typographic play—Chinese words and phrases fashioned into actual weapons; guns, knives, etc. Then I realized that it’s actually a project aimed to raise awareness about how emotionally abusive language can push children to commit violent acts. What’s more, the characters were not just 3D modeled, but actually machined into real parts that could be physically assembled into the tools shown.

More at behance.net.