Deconstructing the Telephone

Minor Concept:

I plan to make the telephone a self-help tool for communicating with ones self, a healthy release of ones emotions. I propose a solution that encompasses different ways / uses of self communication. It is dependent solely on the individual where the concept is simply a catalyst for releasing and challenging personal and societal stresses. This design becomes their voice. It is a form of art therapy which, is there to improve or maintain mental health and emotional well-being.

Problem statement:

In today’s world of mass communication people have lost contact with themselves. Telephonic communication invades your personal space and more so with the invention of cellular technology. The world has truly become a global village where people have access to one another at all times. With all these forms of communication we spend a large portion of time sifting through the social noise and don't get a chance to hear ourselves think.

Knowledge Gap:

Society constantly advances new channels of communication. Through standards of modern society it is expected that you have access to these forms of communication. The problem is unique in the fact that through all these methods of communication self communication has been neglected. It’s a curious question on how lonely and separated people feel / are from themselves.