Last week I went to Eindhoven to explore the Dutch Design Week. The last 12 years I saw the graduation show of the Design Academy Eindhoven grow into an internationally appreciated design and inspirational event. For me it’s the event of the year and this year I took the time to see and read ALL works at the DAE graduation show. It took me 3 days to read the book (460 pages) and see my selection of work and speak to the alumni. The coming days I will share some of my favorite works.
My last post was about the visualization of feelings. The last sentence was ‘How do you feel?’
And what if you don’t use words to answer this question.
DAE ‘Man and Leisure’ Graduate Laura van de Kruijs made ‘And I FEEL!’
In the graduation book I read this:
‘During her stay in a Thai mindfulness community Laura van de Kruijs noticed that many people are still trying to cope deal with issues from their childhood. She researched how to with emotional stress at an early age. In close collaboration with psychologists, she monitored several families, living with them like ‘The Nanny’ and trying out interventions. The problem often lay in the inability of family members to express their feelings towards each other. And l FEEL’ is a toolkit that playfully breaks down barriers. These wooden message boards with compliment labels, love signs, an honesty stick and a mood meter allow parents and kids to communicate without words.’
Communicating about how you feel without words. Where would this bring me tomorrow?
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