PERMANENT EXPRESSIONS
This book is a documentation of process, exploration, experimentation, and knowledge acquired during the research and creations that resulted from the senior thesis course on tattoo aesthetics in design culture.
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Using one's body as a canvas for artwork has been a growing trend in the United States. Art on the body has always fascinated and held people's interest. This way of communicating a message and of personal expression has spread into mainstream society, and also had developed into an art form. With a greater demand for this type of aesthetic, technological advancements, as well as medical advancements, have paved a smoother course for the future of tattoos in design culture.
Not only have tattoos become more welcomed into mainstream society, they have greatly contributed to design culture by reestablishing, enhancing, and creating new styles of communication.
The collaboration of the movement in technology, art, and social structure, is making tattoos a changing entity in the design world. From advertisements, television shows, to furniture design and interactive body art, society is finally opening up to this medium of aesthetic art. Tattoos are changing the design world as we know it, and personal expression through the art of ink on skin will continue to evolve as a way of expressing self beauty.
