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Parallel Lives A Graphic Biography
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With the combination of global usage of the internet and the constantly growing popularity of social media and platforms, the way people read and learn about one another has drastically changed over the last ten years. Digital photography and printing has opened up a wide spectrum of new forms of communicating. Words are in many instances no longer the main medium to communicate and preserve stories. As we are becoming a more and more visual culture able to read and interpret visual information, the traditional way of biographic story telling might no longer be the best way.
Xood
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The Xood (pronounced zood) is a customizable alternative to traditional rainwear. Designed and sewn by myself, it is made out of waterproof nylon and fleece fabric. The idea being that it can be used alone or along with other outdoor garments in order to further protect oneself from 'unpredictable' elements of weather. It is reversible and can be worn on the waterproof or soft fleece side in many different ways depending on how the user is feeling. Taken from the idea of the traditional raincoat in the book 'Evocative objects' my idea came from wanting to get away from the bulkiness of a raincoat and redesign it altogether. I came up with the Xood that can be fully functional against the weather elements or worn simply as a fashion statement.
