Hannah Simpson

name: dying to be thin

date. 2016

about: this project was based on the use of slimming aids in teenagers and young adults, which in todays society is becoming a growing problem, meaning that multiple young people are loosing their lives due to the over use of unsafe slimming pills. I focused my project initially on body image, and conforming to societies ideas of the 'perfect' body. Which is why I created a campaign that would inform people about slimming aids, and introduce them to the notion of a health lifestyle. My main piece for this project was a clock that I created, with various messages and misconceptions that people generally have around slimming aids, the idea of the clock was to reinstate this idea that we are running out of time, that more and more young people are dying as a result of non prescription drug abuse.