Final Projects 2022: "Design for Flourishing"
This is a "gallery walk" of Winter 2022 final projects in the Stanford University critical thinking course, Think66: Design that Understands Us—taught by Profs. Ge Wang, Chloe Edmondson, Stephanie Reist, Alison Laurence, Mejgan Massoumi, and Dharshani Jayasinghe.
These are just a few—check them all out below!
Part 1: blueprint + manual or manifesto (see the full final project prompt)
• Create a "blueprint" for a design (e.g., a t!l to use, a toy or game to play, a policy to enact, etc.), thinking broadly about its effect on way-of-life for individuals and/or communities. The overarching goal is to design for flourishing, beyond convenience or profit. in your blueprint, answer the following questions: What is it for? What is the medium? Who would it affect? How would you want people to feel, in experiencing your design?
• Create a user manual or articulate a Manifesto of your vision for your design in the context of its use. Precision is a virtue. Provide pertinent details and nuance to fully convey your design.
• Part 2 (not included here): write a short-form design fiction that contextualizes your design into everyday life (past, present, or future). The full prompt for the final project can be found here (PDF).
Sections 2 & 3—Dr. C. Edmondson
Augmented Education • Auto Spotter • Cultivate • Design 4 Autism • Dreamweaver • Grow • Guide • Help • hiTee • Illusions • In-Touch • Infinity Flowers • iStyle • Kudos • Last Hopes • Memory Messanger • MemorySafe • Mr. Cuddle • Pantry • Parchment • Peace Vision • Questify • Roots • SnackTP • ThermoHoodie • VideoVision •
Sections 4 & 5—Dr. S. Reist
BCI Wristband • Comm Comm • DDP Robe • Deliver-Us • Dresses Without Addresses • Expand • explor.io • Flavor • Juice • Life Preserver • Manifold • Memoria • Microbot • Mobi • msc.tch • Music Room • NeurEats • PAG-ASA • Pool • Project Prometheus • QuickStyle • RealTime • Shower Food! • SuperSmell • TerraTech • Try It On • Yggdrasil • YouBelieve •
Sections 6 & 7—Dr. A. Laurence
The 30-cents Shoe • amplified • Aura • Being • Calmback • Dance Your Style • EasyFitness • Eco Integration • Emojidex • Project Float • Friendship Marriage • Immersive Reality • Immersive Translations • Kudos • Net-Zero Urban Housing • Nostalgic Toy Machine • Ren • SocialQ • Sonore • Visual Trauma Simulator • Well Slept • You Are the Main Character • You Belong •
Sections 8 & 9—Dr. M. Massoumi
Co-Co • COVID-19 Smartwatch • Daily Dose • deb8 • EasySize • Eco • Federal Human Necessities Agency • Futura • Glove • Hover Board • Lay Down Desk • Learn to Grow • Mirror MD • Other's Shoes • Pairology • Pathfinder • Pooh Bear Plant Care • reapply • Rise • Scholar • Seasonally Acceptable • Stanford Private Virtual Assistant • Sustain • Tellus-1 • ULearn • Virtual Violin • XRLearn • YouVote •
Sections 10 & 11—Dr. L. Jayasinghe
360Design • Audiaura • A Better Morning • Biodegradable Cars • Bukid2Bahay • Canines Care • Climate Net • Connect Floors • Emu-link • Forget-Me-Not Board • Harmonio • H.I.V.E. • LibStream • Machina Deus • Meditone • Meta-Grounded • Mix Up Mode • Monochrome • Omnishoe • PenPal • ReminiScent • Repconnect • Sobrietree • Sonar • Travel Anywhere • Walk In My Shoes • wndow • Yes. No. Never. • Yoda •