Hi everyone!

My name is Alicia and I am 22 years old so i guess that makes me an ATCK. Yay! I am a Graphic Design student in my final year, which means I have to create an amazing final project (eek no pressure!). I started my research with the question ‘what is Home?’ because, as you all are familiar with, when you move so often it is very hard to determine where you are ‘from’ and where your real ‘home’ is. It was through this research that I discovered I am a TCK! This discovery changed my world as I’m sure it did with you guys.

I now want to use my experiences to help others through design. My problem is that there is not enough awareness (yet) about TCKs…why did I not know I was one until now? So for my project I propose to create something that can be handed out to families as soon as they find out they are about to be posted to another country. It will be a sort of explaination, comfort guide and lead them to this website. I really want to create a visual identity for TCKs, something that represents our TCK culture visually that we can hang up in our houses and be reminded that we are who we are, and that we are not alone, we are united as a TCK culture.

I’m aiming this particular project at teenage TCKs, because from my understanding, moving through your teenage years is one of the hardest transitions. Adolescence is challenging enough as it is! I know from my experience, my family was not really given any support, we just had to deal with it ourselves and I felt like I was the only person in the world who didn’t really belong anywhere.

So what I am asking is if any TCK teenagers are interested in helping me figure out what is ‘cool’ to them and what they can identify with would be soooooo helpful! Email or PM me! Also if I post designs on here would you guys give me feedback? It would be much appreciated! Now I just have to figure out how to post pictures on this thing (am a bit useless at forums hehehe)

Peace, love and music to you guys!

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