Big Dreamer

 

Dreams are crazy.​ Babies have to sleep a lot because of the amount of information they are trying to take in every day. They have the capability to dream from the start. But the real dreams I wanted to encourage are the ideas that kids have, their aspirations, and all that they can be. Even if their dreams seem too big or impossible (like how big a giraffe may seem to a small child), we should be our children's biggest supporters of dreaming big and believing they are capable. Let them think big. If we suppress their dreams, they will never want to try something new or more difficult. 

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Philosophy Behind the Project:

It has been fun to make cute little designs that parents would love to put their kids in. My thought process in the designing stage was, “What is this outfit telling this child that they should be?" I remember as a kid being put in clothes that said “Daddy’s Little Princess". Reality was, I despised princesses and being told I was a princess from a very young age. I wanted nothing to do with crowns; I wanted to be an astronaut.

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So, instead of putting children in outfits that labels them and asks them to fit in a box, I wondered how designers could be intentional about what they are telling children to be and instead affirm attributes that they can grow and develop over time. How can we not tell little boys that they are “Little Rascals” and “Trouble”? I think there is a great opportunity in designing for young children to encourage them to be the wonderful little humans that they are and encouraging them to be the best “them” that they can be. We can let them be what they want to be and who they actually are rather than pointing out their flaws or telling them to fit into a mold. I hope that these designs are edifying.