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# An Introvert's Transformation to Extroversion
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/an-introvert-s-transformation-to-extroversion/
- Published: 2013-07-03T21:51:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-28T11:01:03.000Z
- Description: Wearable objects designed specially for the introvert.
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, Fashion, Art & Design, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25, #author-change-2025-05-28

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"One-third of the total world population are introverts yet most socially designed products put emphasis on extroversion and sharing", claims [Lilian Hypolyte Mushi](http://www.lilianhipolytemushi.vip2.co.uk/?ref=protein.xyz). Drawing on the insight that the pullulation of these products isn't particularly relevant to those who choose a more inward-facing existence, the Goldsmiths' graduate decided to come up with something that would help introverts express their introversion.  
  
[ ](http://thisiswar.org.uk/lilian-hipolyte-mushi.html?ref=protein.xyz)[An Introvert's Transformation to Extroversion](http://thisiswar.org.uk/lilian-hipolyte-mushi.html?ref=protein.xyz) is a collection of collapsible structures and wearable objects that communicate a ‘back off’ message. A distance-sensing dress shoots out wooden spikes when anyone comes within 80cms, a pleated sleeve made from Nitinol Memery Wire becomes rigid when the wearer's body temperature increases (presumably from fear or embarrassment) and a thermochromic-pigmented hood that changes colour in response to body temperature. When activated, these communicative objects represent what Mushi terms a 'shift on their personal temperament continuum' - ultimately the introvert's transition to extroversion.   
  
Each piece is beautifully crafted and reminiscent of an instinctive, animal-like display of anxiety and fear. What's more, we've picked up on number wearable technology examples such as [(No)Where (Now)Here](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/06/no-where-now-here?ref=protein.xyz) and [Karma Chameleon](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/04/karma-chameleon?ref=protein.xyz), and an Introvert's Transformation to Extroversion is another great instance of this.  
  
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