Jessie Lau — The Future of Adulthood | 2020.ocadu.gd

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Jessie Lau

The Future of Adulthood

The Future of Adulthood is a speculative design piece created in collaboration with Rena Jakhu. Our work aims to explore the form adulthood will take 30 or more years into the future. This is an imagined world where the concept of adulthood is no longer definitive, where people no longer settle down, and are rather living a fast-paced life with the aim of fulfilling their inner desires. MoHo and Heir reflect a conceptualization of what the future will hold in store for the generations yet to come.

Identity

Speculative

About the designer

Hello, I'm Jessie! I am a graphic designer, an explorer, a lactose-intolerant ice cream lover, enjoys tropical weather with the occasional torrential downpour, and the future owner of a dog named Meatball. Fueled by high energy, curiosity, and purpose, I am always eager to take on any and all kinds of challenges. Working on projects that make an impact in how we perceive the world is something that excites and fulfills me, even if it means dabbling in the unknown. My interests include packaging design, advertising, UI/UX, branding, product design, and PR campaigns.

What skill did you say you would teach yourself over summer, but procrastinated and gave up?

To not procrastinate, but clearly it didn't work out.

Modular homes are a response to a future where ‘adulthood’ is no longer a limitation and people are constantly on the move. Specially designed around your lifestyle, MoHo represents the freedom people of the future will embrace. It allows you to part and connect with family, friends, and strangers alike.

MoHo is just as portable as your backpack. Imagine your home floating down the highway, equipped Magneports to ensure a smooth journey. MoHo will dispatch a transport team to detach and arrange your rooms into their road safety mode. With MoHo, anything you dream of is possible.

Every child born is gifted their first nursery, a loving and practical addition for the new life in your home. These rooms can be moved around and combined however you see fit. The rooms securely connect to one another using MoHo’s Hypotensulate™ technology that can support over 16,000lbs.

Heir is a capsule device that keeps the ideas and advice from previous generations alive even after they’ve passed, allowing wearers to access their words whenever it is activated. Wisdom and life skills are made available at all times as a response to the fluid future of adulthood.

This imagined world evolves at a rapid pace. Heir is a device that opposes the fast-paced lifestyle. Albeit small, it is something that keeps people rooted to their heritage, an indirect way to slow them down and keep them connected wherever life may bring them.