Honours Project in Visual Communication Design.
partnered with the New Zealand Cancer Society to develop the project into a commercial product.
Seeing Sunshine aims to make a positive impact on the attitudes of young New Zealanders with poor sun care practices.
My research sought to break the cycle of inter-generational sun baking by providing teachers a resource to promote good sun smart habits for their students.
This is essential in reducing the rate of melanoma in New Zealand in future years.
The outcome was a temporary tattoo that reacted with UVA & UVB (sun) rays to change to a bright red colour indicating sunburn.
Sunscreen can be applied over top of the tattoo. When the sunscreen has worn off and needs reapplication it will change to red again.
Early sunscreen bottle packaging concept
