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SO MY FIRST BRIEF OF MY MA DESIGN STUDIES COURSE WAS TO MAKE A HAT THAT SYMBOLISED WHO I AM, WHERE I WANT TO BE AND HOW TO GET THERE. AFTER GOING TO THE MAHARAJA AND DECODE EXHIBITION I EMBODIED MY ETHNICITY IN MY PIECE;

ELEPHANT - ROYAL INDIAN SIGN OF WEALTH AND PROSPERITY

LION HEAD - ROYAL INDIAN SIGN OF POWER AND INDEPENDENCE

SUN - MEANING OF MY NAME 'RAVINDRA = SUN-GOD"

INSTEAD OF REALLY MAKING A HAT TO COVER HAIR I DEFINED A HAT AS 'SOMETHING YOU WEAR ON YOUR HEAD', THEREFORE MY 'HAT' WAS A CONCEPT PAIR OF HEADPHONES THAT YOU WEAR LIKE SPECTACLES. THE REASON WHY I DID HEADPHONES BECAUSE THERE WERE METAPHORS TO MYSELF BEING FOCUSSED ON MY GOAL BUT STILL TAKING IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD AND JUST IN GENERAL I LOVE MUSIC.

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