DEFENSE MECHANISMS FOR THE URBAN BEING III
In Freudian psychoanalytic theory, defense mechanisms are unconscious psychological strategies brought by various entities to cope with anxiety. I created wearable devices that wearers can act upon when faced with certain fears. I chose contemporay accessories (bags,pockets) which blend in the urban environment as well as symbolizing today’s private space, and equipped them with features inspired from defense mechanisms of animals.
Borrowing the idea of a shell of a tortoise, the wrinkled bag serves as a hiding place, and is expandable to about two and a half times its size to fit a full-sized adult.
material: cotton textile, yarn, elastics, leather
