“Central to my design philosophy is the belief that good design should be personal yet accessible, capable of telling diverse narratives.”
How do you keep yourself sane?
Skills: Art Direction / Fashion Design & Knitting / Casting / Sound Design / Coding
Format: Headpiece, Live music, Dress
Year: 2024
Skills: Art Direction / Fashion Design & Knitting / Casting / Sound Design / Coding
Format: Headpiece, Live music, Dress
Year: 2024
“How do you keep yourself sane?”
For many, life feels like a constant struggle to survive amidst chaos. Maintaining our mental wellbeing while navigating through life’s many distractions and hardships is an ongoing battle. ‘Noises’ that surround us can especially easily disrupt this balance. Yet, are we ever truly free from the never-ending buzz of external noises —traffic, alarms, and people? We are constantly told unwanted external audio stimuli by something/someone.
This project is a wearable Soundscape designed to address this issue. The main object, the Singing Plant Headpiece, is a microenvironment that offers ‘live’ experiences by reading the plant’s movements through electric strings and clips connected. By listening to real-time music from the plant while wearing the headpiece, one can own the sound of peace metaphorically whilst being the root of the microenvironment.
This is the final look of the sound’s wearer.
For many, life feels like a constant struggle to survive amidst chaos. Maintaining our mental wellbeing while navigating through life’s many distractions and hardships is an ongoing battle. ‘Noises’ that surround us can especially easily disrupt this balance. Yet, are we ever truly free from the never-ending buzz of external noises —traffic, alarms, and people? We are constantly told unwanted external audio stimuli by something/someone.
This project is a wearable Soundscape designed to address this issue. The main object, the Singing Plant Headpiece, is a microenvironment that offers ‘live’ experiences by reading the plant’s movements through electric strings and clips connected. By listening to real-time music from the plant while wearing the headpiece, one can own the sound of peace metaphorically whilst being the root of the microenvironment.
This is the final look of the sound’s wearer.
The dress is made from a graphic based on sound-casting ceramics (cymatics). It visualises different sound frequencies known to have positive effects on human mental health, such as 396 Hz, 432 Hz, 528 Hz, and 639 Hz. The dress is to describe the wearers' experience of owning the tranquillity of these sounds in a tangible and wearable format along with the headpiece.
Additionally, the headband was designed to help wearers’ deal with insomnia and noise during sleep. The design is personalised to fit creator’s ears perfectly, and the earplugs can be customised/moulded to fit wearers' ear shapes.
Additionally, the headband was designed to help wearers’ deal with insomnia and noise during sleep. The design is personalised to fit creator’s ears perfectly, and the earplugs can be customised/moulded to fit wearers' ear shapes.
Context Book, 48pages