design for feelings
&Â space time
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virtual public gatherings where we explore the beautiful squish of experience design
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⨠design for feelingsâ¨
december 11th @ 9am PT
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design for feelings
crafting a synesthetic thesaurus for expanding our multi-sensory emotional vocabularies
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design for space time
building a temporal atlas
of the relationships between
space, time, and the felt experience
what to expect
đ tacticals đ
1-hour virtual workshops, free and public
đ vibes đ
unhurried exploration, open-ended conversation, no pressure to make anything finished or good
đ materials & prep đ
nothing to prepareâjust yourself, from a computer, ready to wander
wait wait what?
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design for feelings
Each session begins with a very specific feeling.
Weâll wanderâthrough sound, sight, texture, tasteâcollecting the things that make us feel that way.
Then, together, weâll unpack the layers.
Name the unnamed.
And leave with a small library of images, sounds, and sensations to draw from long after we part.
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design for space time
Each session begins with a single relationship of spacetime.
Weâll feel around itâmeander through its landscapes.
Not attempting to converge on a unifying theory of spacetime.
But rather wading within the layered relationships of space and time and feelings â the subjectivity and beauty, and the quiet strangeness of how we experience the world.Â
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  "đŤÂ One of my favorite moments is catching Olivia's public virtual gathering ⨠Design for Feelings â¨.Â
Each month is an invitation to deep dive into an emotion; unpacking its nuances and exploring how to design intentional, multi sensory experiences that truly make you feel.
đ With these sessions, Olivia has created an inspiring space to flex that Experience Design muscle; to reflect on how to craft experiences that are immersive, meaningful, and emotionally resonant."
Dima Boulad
Head of Design Research, Dubai Design LabÂ
about Olivia & the Studio
Hi, I'm Olivia.
I'm an experience designer, facilitator, and the founder of The Design for Feelings Studio. Previous to studio life, I was a long time IDEOâer and Stanford d.schoolâer.Â
I create spaces for people to find the strange-beautiful parts of themselves that have been left behind, to imagine and move differently, and to meet one another in new ways â all through immersive workshops, interactive events, and multi-sensory experiences.
My work blends story, behavioral psychology, architecture, learning, and play to design interactions and experiences that change us.Â
I love helping people make whatever theyâre making more memorable, more meaningful, more beautiful, and more chaotically and curiously weird.Â
The robots may be here, but that means we need wild-wild-humaning more than ever.Â
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