Luminous Darkness
Thesis exploration of death and the human body through textile exploration using archive and avant garde couture as inspiration.
Terror Management theory proposes that nearly all human activity is driven by fear of death: one of life’s greatest mysteries and its ultimate inevitability. What if, instead of being afraid, we could embrace death? There’s a certain beauty in knowing that life is finite and that everything will come to an end, for everyone—because there can be no death without life. This recalls one of the most debated topics: life after death; a ponderable imponderable.
The process to get here was long and variable but I think it was necessary to reach a point where it felt complete.
So without further ado...the deep dive/research/iteration:
At a moment’s notice
This was a great exercise in exploring contemporary design in a fun short zine that felt super colorful, but also aided in the exploration. This also helped develop my ideas further along further in my process as it allowed me to add a new layer of dimension and actually what prompted me to use fabric to create this dimensional aspect to the final renderings/print out.
This was a great exercise in exploring contemporary design in a fun short zine that felt super colorful, but also aided in the exploration. This also helped develop my ideas further along further in my process as it allowed me to add a new layer of dimension and actually what prompted me to use fabric to create this dimensional aspect to the final renderings/print out.
2d illustration exploration
I did some research on fashion and form and how clothing can change the appearance of the human body by exploring silhouette and emphasizing different aspects. Following that, I used various designers/pieces as inspiration on a 2d study on form in varying forms of abstraction, and using type as well in some iterations.
I did some research on fashion and form and how clothing can change the appearance of the human body by exploring silhouette and emphasizing different aspects. Following that, I used various designers/pieces as inspiration on a 2d study on form in varying forms of abstraction, and using type as well in some iterations.