The Ego Paradox

The Ego Paradox design

The Ego Paradox - Grid

I’ve been reading a lot recently about human evolutionary, intellectual, and consciousness development. Without really digging down into it, one of the main ideas that hit me was the realization that until humans gained their sense of self, or ego, they were really nothing more than very intelligent animals. This development that makes us so unique also lies at the root of many of the negative occurrences in world. This is the basic theme behind the design I’ve created here.

The technical aspects of this piece build off the work of an amazing designer named Emmanuel Guillod, who creates complex grids that work as beautiful abstract designs on their own. He then uses these as the structures in his design layouts. I tried to follow this style and below you can see the grid I developed for the basis of the finished design.