DISSERTATION
For the dissertation I had to undertake an independent study on a subject of my choice whilst exploring and evaluating contextual issues surrounding my chosen topic from a social, historical and cultural point of view. With this in mind, I fused my natural interest in wellness with my inquisition of the nature of humans to form a written piece about how mindfulness and wellness aspects are influencing a basis for mind and body optimisation. After thoroughly researching the topic, I delved first into the origins and history of the subject then onto the modern day expressions of how this manifests in todays world. Also researched were the ways in which these ideologies have been applied and then shaped some of the major sectors such as fashion, food and drink, educational and workplace.
Extensive primary research in the form of focus groups and interviews with industry professionals enabled me to gain a strong backing for the written piece as it proved hard finding secondary sources with contemporary information around the issue.
This project then inspired me to move on to curating my own brand of wellness related business concepts within my final major project where the idea of Retreat was born.
