Ritual Objects: Identity Construction Through the Materiality of the Rite
2023, Elisava
Master Thesis
Design Research, Art Direction, Product Design, Editorial Design
Ritual Objects is not a design project: through a three-month research of different identitary rites, it intends to understand how the design of objects that present themselves in traditional and contemporary rites, affects in the creation of collective identities. Through the case study of Andalusian culture, we obtain a transposable model that intends to redefine the relationship we have with identity towards a more mutable one that fits inside an atomized society. But, specially, it intends to do so through the activity of design, defining ritual objects as an essential part for the understanding of communication in and outside different cultural communities.