Visual Identifiers

Earlier in the week I sent out a capture form to my peers asking for what they believed were visual metaphors for social class or status within todays society.


The list is ongoing and include what I call modern visual identifiers:

Cars, Handbags, The way you wear your handbag- on the arm/elbow, Nails fake or the way they are painted, Feng shui (however its spelt) at work your nobody if you haven't had it done...fashion yuk, Fake tan or tan in general, For Arab men-platinum (not allowed to wear gold for religious reasons),For Arab women the detailing on their abayas and their shoes (only things on show), Watches,What you drink, Where you shop (waitrose or co-op), Bling, Knives/guns, Hoods, The area you live/gang, Diamonds, Clothes that act as a uniform, Breed of dog, sovereigns, knuckle dusters, sports/ team clothing, hair gel, false nails, eyelashes, knobheads that wear shades indoors, beauty products (cosmetics, perfumes, creams etc), fur, choice of books, music and films, choice of food (organic, non fat etc), designer furniture and household goods, badges, swastikas, tatoos, the dark mark from harry potter :p, fairness in Asian societies, piercings, mowhawks, religious branding - crosses, ash (Hinduism) etc, gender based differences in clothing...


Using the list I shall try and define the eight most key identifiable items in which we associate with the two types of class I am looking at. This list will be hand drawn and vectorised for me to form a playful pattern that subverts the norm.