Creative Thinking
The brief for this project was to make something dedicated to a place, person or situationwe felt needed attention. In other words, a very open brief.
I decided to make something to prevent awkward silences. After a lot of sketching I decidedto make an anti awkward silence t-shirt. It is designed for people between the ages of 16 and28 because this is the age when one often doesnot have enough experience in conversing yet.And at this age one often has difficult and newexperiences like dates and job interviews whereawkward silences should be avoided.
I designed a t-shirt with 12 symbols each symbolizing a whole list of topics to talk about. A small booklet comes with the t-shirt giving examplesof these topics so the person wearing the shirtcan just look down at the symbols and quicklythink of something to say. The person lookingat the shirt may also be inspired by the symbolsand think of something to talk about.
I decided to make something to prevent awkward silences. After a lot of sketching I decidedto make an anti awkward silence t-shirt. It is designed for people between the ages of 16 and28 because this is the age when one often doesnot have enough experience in conversing yet.And at this age one often has difficult and newexperiences like dates and job interviews whereawkward silences should be avoided.
I designed a t-shirt with 12 symbols each symbolizing a whole list of topics to talk about. A small booklet comes with the t-shirt giving examplesof these topics so the person wearing the shirtcan just look down at the symbols and quicklythink of something to say. The person lookingat the shirt may also be inspired by the symbolsand think of something to talk about.
This t-shirt is designed for date topics. The idea could be broadened and used for job interviews and other situations where awkward silences arise.
April 2011
