THESIS: What To Do?

︎︎︎ What I Learned: Multi-Medium Compositions | Time Management | Meaningful Research Application

^{Stress is a topic that is prevalent in today's society, and everyone is affected by it some way or another. The main focus for this thesis was stress, and how it affects the young adults, ages 18-25, in society today.When asking this target age group, everyone responded that they feel stressed daily. Whether it be from school, financial stability, home life, or self-image.}

^{With all of this built up stress, the target audience was then asked how they relieve stress, and some stating they do not know how to relieve stress properly.}^{After research, the goal of this project is to use physical channels to allow the user to discover different ways to be able to de-stress.}

The solution:

^{Create a physical card game that allows the user to de-stress, and leaves the action up to chance.}

The game is simple:

_{1. Choose whether you want to de-stress socially [orange cards], or solo [blue cards].}

_{2. Shuffle the colored cards, and choose one at random. The user then performs that action on the card.}

_{3. Once the action is performed, the user can choose reflect on their performance within the notebook provided. In addition, they could also upload their experience to the mobile app so others can see.}

Instruction Booklet

Journal

Mobile App

PROCESS

︎︎︎ Research:

^{Before starting research, we had to define our goals for this project, and the reasoning for why this project is needed within society.}

GOAL:

^{To allow oneself to look and realize the stress in life, and learning ways to deal with it through healthy channels, through the idea of chance}

^{WHO IS AFFECTED?}

^{Everyone is affected by stress; The focus would be on young generation, ranging from early to mid 20s}

^{WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?}

^{The struggle currently is that there is a lot of stress within our advanced lives, so how can we find new outlets to de-stress?}

^{WHERE DOES IT HAPPEN?}

^{It happens in all aspects of life, whether it be young kids, or adults in the workforce. It is all situational for the person as well.}

^{WHY DOES IT MATTER?}

^{It matters so that the mind is not constantly being worked, which can bring someone down pretty fast. Your mental state goes down very fast if you do not let yourself go.}

Stress Research Quiz

Stress Found Research

︎︎︎ Play:

^{Next comes the play of ideas of stress vs. art, and how it can lead to creative ideas. Just letting yourself play helps .}

︎︎︎ Prototype V1:

_{Trying out the idea of having a card deck, along with a case to hold the cards. Working out both the orange color, and the idea of having a hand to indicate the “helping hand” idea.}

︎︎︎ Prototype V2:

_{Getting closer to the idea of having unique fronts for the cards, along with a new hand drawing. Still unrefined, but getting on track with the idea envisioned.}