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How Are You Today?
About the Project
How Are You Today? is a collaborative hallway installation designed to engage university students in emotional check-ins and spark conversations around the socioeconomic factors that affect student health and well-being—particularly during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Built from research around pandemic-era stress, educational disruption, and mental health among college students, the installation transformed a transitional campus space into a participatory design experience. Our group sought to visualize and validate the internal and external challenges students faced—often silently.
As a designer and installer, I contributed to the concept development, typographic system, vinyl production, and full installation process. The central prompt—“How are you feeling right now?”—was presented in large, bold vinyl typography, followed by colorful starburst hearts. Each heart represented a different feeling. Viewers were invited to take one that best matched their current emotional state and use the wrapper for the trash poll, turning the space into a layered reflection of collective student sentiment.
Alongside the emotional check-in, we implemented two additional public polls:
- “Which is more urgent for you right now?”
💸 Money vs. 💊 Health
— This simple but powerful prompt asked participants to consider which pressure they were currently feeling most, encouraging reflection on personal priorities and systemic strain. - “Income impacts people’s health” vs. “Health impacts people’s income”
— This second question dug deeper into the bidirectional relationship between health and socioeconomic status, visualizing public opinion on which direction of that cycle felt more urgent or true in students' lived experience.
To collect responses, we used Starburst candy wrappers, selected for their approachable, low-stakes tactility—turning each interaction into something both playful and reflective.
Together, these components formed a responsive, data-driven installation that used graphic design and public space to surface invisible emotional and social burdens. Over time, the wall became a colorful record of vulnerability, tension, and shared experience—a physical interface for empathy, co-authored by the community it represented.
2023