Visualizing Emotions — For What?

[Diagrams] reveal to us an enticing glance into the rear view mirror…

How to Record Emotion

Our „data“ are not so self-evident, their nature not at all to be taken for…

Emotion

What Is Emotion & How Does It Work?

Charles Darwin can be attributed with the first achievements in emotion research, which he did in order to support his theory of evolution in the late 19th century. In his investigation of expression in mammals, he discovered…

Visualization

Non-Designers & Data

Visualization today has changed the role of the designer from a beautifier to a knowledge producer — but this was not always the case. When data visualization began to emerge in the 18th century, its pioneers weren’t designers by profession…

Fine: An Introduction

This thesis was written in 2017 for the Masters of Art in Design program at the…

Forming a Narrative

[The transformation] of analysis essentially as a science of recovery of the past…

Designing for Emotion

What We Need & Who We Should Consider

The three intended audiences addressed in this research have the following needs for emotion recording tools:

Emotion Research

Reflection & Outlook

What Has Been Done Here?

Recording

The Diary

The word diary comes from the latin word “darium” meaning “daily allowance.” Characteristically a diary is handwritten and organized by date, making it ideal for monitoring any type of data over a long period of time. Though today the diary is generally recognized for…

Fine: The Application

Description & Structure