
FULL REGALIA ⟳
FULL REGALIA IS A CONTROLLED FIELD STUDY INVESTIGATING THE INTEGRATION OF CODE-SWITCH GRAPHICS, PARTICULARLY "THE FULCRUM," INTO EARTHLY GARMENTS. THIS EXPERIMENT DOCUMENTS THE VISUAL IMPACT AND FUNCTIONAL APPLICATION OF SYMBOLISM WHEN TRANSLATED INTO WEARABLE FORMATS. THE PROJECT SIMULTANEOUSLY EVALUATES THE POTENTIAL FOR CULTURAL PROPAGATION THROUGH VISUAL MARKERS, ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROMOTIONAL ASPECT INHERENT TO THE WIDE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE ADORNED ITEMS.
THE STUDY ALSO SEEKS TO EXAMINE HOW GRAPHIC ELEMENTS INFLUENCE HUMAN PERCEPTION AND INTERACTIONS WITH CLOTHING, USING THIS AS A BASIS TO TEST THE FUNCTIONALITY OF SYMBOLS IN CULTURAL SIGNIFICATION. DATA COLLECTION IS ONGOING TO REFINE DESIGN ITERATIONS AND EXPAND OBSERVATIONAL PARAMETERS.