ML Designs 
Project Goal
The goal of this project was to create a Photoshop-based image that could be translated into a physical form, allowing the concept to exist beyond the screen. I wanted to explore the idea of focusing on yourself rather than becoming distracted by the people and activity happening around you.
For the digital composition, I created a crowded train station where people are constantly moving around the subject. The surrounding environment was presented in black and white to represent the distractions and outside influences competing for attention. In contrast, the central figure appears in color and is shown looking at themselves, creating a clear visual distinction between the outside world and personal focus.
Physical Concept
To translate the digital concept into a physical object, I created a mirrored hand holding a mirror. The hand is covered in reflective tiles but appears distorted and unclear, while the mirror it holds provides a much clearer reflection. This contrast represents the difference between being consumed by everything happening around you and intentionally choosing to focus inward.
The clear mirror becomes the focal point, reinforcing the idea that sometimes the most important thing to focus on is yourself. The distorted reflection surrounding it represents the distractions, uncertainty, and outside influences that can make it difficult to maintain that focus.
Digital Composition
Design Challenge and Learning Experience
The biggest challenge of this project was translating an abstract idea from a digital composition into a physical object. I needed the physical piece to communicate the same message as the Photoshop design without simply recreating the image in a different format. This required me to think more intentionally about materials, texture, reflection, distortion, and physical form as design elements.
Choosing how to represent distraction versus self-focus was also an important part of the process. The distorted, mirrored hand represents the noise and distractions surrounding us, while the clear mirror creates a strong visual contrast and directs attention toward the idea of focusing on yourself.
This project taught me to think beyond traditional graphic design and consider how visual concepts can exist in a physical space. I learned that design can communicate through more than typography, color, and composition but it can also use materials and physical interactions to create meaning. It pushed me to approach design more conceptually and showed me how an idea can evolve when moving from a digital format into the physical world.