Welcome to the GSA 2020 graduation exhibition.

This is my personal graduation work.

The theme of this project is youth physical and mental health and online entertainment. Through a survey of youths’ Internet usage situation in the recent years, this project analyzes the tendencies of today’s youth in online entertainment activities and the main problems they encounter. After analyzing these problems in detail, I proposed a conceptual plan, which is an interactive system to solve these problems.

On the right is a snapshot of some project portfolios

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From there, a raw potato will expose itself to the world out of the soil. The potato has not thought much about what will be like in the future, the potato just wants to enjoy the sunshine.

From there, a mocking seagull will expose itself to the sky. The seagull has not thought much about where to find the next meal, the seagull has to learn how to be quite firstly.

I am that raw potato.

I am that mocking seagull.

I will expose myself to the real world of design. I have not thought much about what I want to do, want kind of role will I fit in the society, I just want to make full use of what I have.

As for who I am, I think I do not have an answer for that.

The only thing I know, more than all of you behind the screen, is that I want to take the responsibility of design to a wider range of groups.

Exploring the diverse aspects of design, until the seagull can no longer fly into the sky, the potato becomes the fertilizer of other potatoes.

In a situation like the current one with Covid-19, many people might experience more disturbing dreams as an increase in background stress. Furthermore, this epidemic is changing our lives.

An increasing number of psychologists and neuroscientists are finding evidence that dreams are not just the brain’s way of recycling and cleaning up the images of the day. Still, they are essential features of our psyches, responsible for things like memory retention, emotional regulation and deep sleep. Although occasional nightmares are normal situation, repeated nightmares might affect quality and mood during the day. Therefore, dreams are significant in our daily life, which affects the emotion in our life.

Results of the investigation are intended to study the effects of dreams on people’s lives, and finding a relaxing and useful approach to release nightmares in participants’ daily life.

Some psychological treatments can alleviate nightmares. However, after my interviews and research, I found that very few people go to psychological clinics for nightmares. Therefore, I hope that more people will pay attention to this problem in a relaxed and pleasant way, and their nightmares can be alleviated. It’s not professional therapy, but it’s a psychological approach. In order to let more people get rid of the nightmare, design a card game. Through entertainment, participate in the interaction before going to bed, thereby reducing the possibility of nightmares. The people bring their attention before they go to sleep, thinking about what they want to happen in their dream and dream process takes over they do not have to worry about it anymore.

This game is like a decryption story. Participants can create a dream story by themselves and use game cards to fantasise their stories before going to bed. Thinking what they want to happen in their dream and believe they will have a sweet dream just like they imagine in the card game. The game is random in the selection of CARDS, and different choices will have different storylines. The game will provide the main story frame. Participants choose their favourite characters to bring into it, create their own storyline, choose different endings, and create their own virtual dream story before sleep.

Aline Jarneau is a designer interested in topics of general interest such as healthcare, digital accessibility and social transformation. After a Bachelor’s degree in industrial design and working in a Paris-based service design agency, she started researching death and grief in the digital age at the Glasgow School of Art.

With the emergence of modern technology and its potential impact on not only how we live today but also on dying and grieving, our traditional death system is evolving at a fast pace, with some rituals and commemorative practices being transposed into the digital space.

As modern technology brings new ways of preserving the memory and presence of the deceased, the first ethnographic exploration on dying and grieving in the digital age focused on digital memories in the mourning process, how they are selected and preserved and how they compare to traditional tangible artifacts.

Close to me for 7 days: This project will focus on the mental health of Chinese young people, and try to find a suitable and effective way of communication between young people and family, friends through innovation design methods. I will focus on how might we create an effective and sustainable way to help young people relieve mental stress, also gain more understanding from our family and friends.

As a soon-to-be graduate with a Master’s Degree in Design Innovation from Glasgow School of Art, I design a user-centric, pleasant and human experience with the collaboration of stakeholders, experts, and end-users through empathizing, defining, ideating, prototyping and testing.

I dedicated my final design project to coffee waste. Since I arrived in Scotland, the morning ritual of starting the day with a cup of coffee from my Nespresso machine has been followed religiously. However, the routine was interrupted by my neighbor when she slipped in a note under my door, informing me that our recycling bins wouldn’t be picked up by the council due to Covid-19. This forced me to reflect on ethical coffee consumption, and how my behavior would impact the planet if I was unable to recycle capsules. It became the very beginning of my coffee waste journey.

After engaging with capsule users and interviewing multiple businesses, I created a solution that combines the circular economy model and smart material – Mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms. Binding with used coffee grounds, mycelium can grow into a durable material (similar to bio-plastic) and any desirable shapes with the correct mold (including coffee capsule shapes). With this idea, I entered my project into SIE Fresh Idea Competition, and am very excited to share that my project has been judged “Highly Commended”.

Please get in touch at letao222@gmail.com if you have any thoughts or feedback to share!

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In this project, I explore “identity and relationships” and, in particular, improve the phenomenon caused by the unequal distribution of food resources. In the experimental part, I explored the possibility of food value and designed the service objects related to daily life to remind people of the importance of cooperation.

In the final design, I will be looking at self-service places, public places, and discussing how people can express themselves, enhance their happiness and balance the more general social concepts they now have.

I want to stop forcing people to sit together and share resources, or to make the public aware of the real needs of each of them.

Therefore, I designed a service system Food Luck based on the Meal Club. This is a way to explore ways to address social inequalities and redefine tools for dialogue.

Once the service flow is implemented, it introduces people to identity, connection, and the difference between identity and self-expression. The menu will provide a space for learning and questioning through unconventional and relaxed dialogue, allowing people to feel a lack of belonging, understanding and confidence.

This is my final project in postgraduate stage, the topic is about Insomnia, I hope to solve everyday problems.

Sleep is an important component in everyday life and plays a key role in keep people healthy. Most people experience problems with sleep in their life. According to the NHS third of Brits will have episodes of insomnia at some point. Additionally, the World Health Organization claimed that a third of people in the world have sleep problems. In conclusion, sleep problems need to be solved without delay.