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PAPERS: Critical Humanities and Rethinking Body Norms Location: McEwan Hall Auditorium Zoom Link Session Chair: Sarah Kettley, University of Edinburgh Session Chair: Elif Ozden Yenigun, Royal College of Art | |
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Re-configuring Body Perception: Colour and Dynamic Pattern Strategies to Challenge Aesthetic Norms School of Design, College of Creative Arts, Massey University, New Zealand This research frames colour and print as responsive strategies to challenge entrenched aesthetic norms and empower diverse bodies. It explores how dynamic visual patterns and colour psychology can disrupt static perceptions of body shape, moving beyond the confines of normative ideals. Through an iterative, research-through-design process, the study develops motifs and colourways that foster aesthetic agency, self-confidence, and vitality. By treating surface design as an embodied material interface, dynamic visual elements (such as moiré effects and gradients) are integrated to sustain novelty and reduce aesthetic fatigue. This approach re-frames emotional durability not just as longevity, but as the capacity for a garment to facilitate an ongoing, fluid, and playful human-garment relationship. This study demonstrates how design can address sustainable goals by using psychological and perceptual strategies to support a more inclusive and critically engaged relationship with our clothing. View Paper: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.524
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