Mindmap – Possible Ideas

Starting off, I created a mind map with the topics I am interested in. This is a great way to generate a good amount of information and ideas very quickly.

1. RUGBY – Concussion, MND and how it relates to one another. As a South African, I absolutely have a huge passion for rugby and watch whenever there is matches on but I noticed that players are coming out with lawsuits against the Rugby Federation for the brain damage caused by playing and how certain procedures were not followed to prevent these. Also how some rugby players are coming out with being diagnosed with MND as a result of repeated head knocks from a rugby, some players who have had and do have MND are Joost van der Westhezuin who sadly passed away and Doddie Weir is fighting this terrible disease currently.
2. BRANDING – Ever since I was in high school, I always wanted to create my own brand preferably to do with clothing and for my dissertation, I based it on creating a brand and a business plan, and from doing the research for my dissertation, I found that having a niche is what sets a brand apart from other brands.
3. MAKE UP – Every girl loves make up, I am slightly obsessed with make up and have a passion for doing it and creating a variety of looks. But make up is so much broader than just the products and looks itself. Many more males are getting into make up and when thinking about this I thought about Drag make up and the culture behind it and how they paint there faces to portray characters, send a political message, fighting for a variety of rights etc. Another idea was to re brand an existing make up brand and making that more modern and contemporary.
4. FASHION – Ever since being in high school, my interest for fashion grew and I took Textiles in GCSE and AS/A Level, I was always designing garments with messages behind them. Fashion is for making a statement.
5. SOUTH AFRICA – Not everyone knows that I am originally from South Africa, and I am a proud South African but when growing up I always noticed how may racist remarks I had towards me for being from South Africa. Another possible idea was to show my Afrikaans heritage.