OBJECTIVE:

Create “ a series through which mindfulness meets the everyday mundane. “

BELIE:

The meaning of Belie is the failure to give a true notion, to disguise or contradict. The goal of our ritual is to bring mindfulness into our everyday mundane actions. These tools are meant to bring an element of surprise, something you don’t expect. Through every different interaction with them, a user reflects on where each layer fits into their lives or the lives of those around them, we interrupt the mundane and create a moment of pause… mindfulness. 

We aimed to create something that has a powerful meaning even if the design itself is simple. 

Throughout our explorations, we found an interest in two words.- Passage and Perspective. Belie’s purpose will act to change the user's perspective both literally and figuratively as they carry out the actions, opening, discovering, and reflecting, in terms of the design concept visually and mentally. 

From that initial opening, you find other “boxes” nested within, each box with a different, sometimes unusual shape and design, challenging the user to think outside the lines and reflect on how these tools will fit into their everyday lives.

- Designed with Hanchu Chen and Kalyssa, 2022.

Material- Hemlock.