Brief:

Create an object that explores flashbulb memories as they relate
to a significant and specific event.

Outcomes:

Card

Description:

A flashbulb memory is a memory that was laid down in great detail during a personally significant event, often a shocking event of national or international importance. These memories are perceived to have a ‘photographic’ quality and are often vividly recalled, even some time after the event. Details can include where the individual was, what they were doing and even what

food they ate that day. As people often give and receive cards after getting bad news, this format seemed appropriate. The text in the inside of the card is various school children’s accounts of their detailed memories from September 11th 2001 many years later. The disaster and date isn’t specifically mentioned in the text but the text is set in 9pt over 11pt leading.