CAN DESIGN REALLY SUPPORT MENTAL WELLBEING? SEVEN PROJECTS EXPLORING THE QUESTION

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Design's field of action is shifting from the body toward the mind, through devices that detect emotions, stress, and moods and translate them into data. Seven projects, among them a digital garden of inner states, a bag that pulses with the heartbeat, and a breathing lamp, turn the invisible into an interface. Whether such technologies deepen self-understanding or digitize inner life remains an open question.