Faculty of Design

Graphic Design

Jack Irwin

#canceled

My thesis project explores the timely phenomenon of cancel culture and public shaming. In my research, I explore the history of shame, mob mentality, and the effects public shaming on the individual. The main takeaway that I found was that public shaming, as a result of cancel culture, has a negative overall effect on how people experience and use the internet. The research accumulated in the creation of Cancel Cookies, a product designed to deliver a cautionary message that would suggest restraint for what we do or say online, as it is permanent and easily distributed.