For physical computing last year, I worked on a project that aimed to make light therapy easier and more accessible for people with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
When I first thought about how to bring this concept to the public transportation space, I wondered if lighting design could help the community-at-large get better sleep. Inspired by the simplicity of the flux desktop app that transforms your screen lighting into orange hues at night, I thought this model could apply to subway lighting as well.
Curious about how an environmental change like this might impact the well-being of a lot of people at once, I went a step further and asked what other ways the design of public transit could help shape public health. I used stress as a lens for 3 design intervention concepts.
[ Project Website ]
I experimented with presenting my ideas in a very quick and simple narrative website. To see the website, first download the folder, then double-click on the “stress-and-the-subway.html” file to open it in your browser.
– Melody
