Sorting through it

I’m finally in a more concise, focused, coherent place with my concept and have finally figured out what I want my project to convey. I’ve gone from an array of behavioral issues, and pinpointed the cause of the behaviors themself: insecurity. Millennials’ egos have become over-inflated as a way of overcompensating for insecurities they have about self-worth, due to years of empty praise and undeserving ego-boosting to create and preserve false self-esteem. Whatever products I make for thesis must combat this insecurity, but do so under the guise of something else, a high-end designer object.

However, I’m still having some creative issues. The ego and self-esteem are intangible, amorphous feelings, and I’m not quite sure yet what those feelings look like in physical form. I started with the whole body, and considered parts that need protection, what the existing gear looks like, and how it functions.

 

I’ve narrowed the areas of interest to the head, chest & groin (for now), and I’ve been sketching, going first to the obvious things, and then attempting to move past that. The resulting products must be merged and brought into the language of high end fashion to serve a dual functionality to project an image of material wealth & therefore subsequent importance, while providing security for the ego….