design for feelings
& space time
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free (virtual) public gatherings where we explore the beautiful squish of experience design
the next gathering:
✨ design for feelings ✨
October 8th @ 9 am 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
💌 tacticals 💌
1-hour virtual workshops, free and public
🌘 vibes 🌘
unhurried exploration, open-ended conversation, no pressure to make anything finished or good
📝 materials & prep 📝
nothing to prepare—just 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.
We’ll wander—through sound, sight, texture, taste—collecting the things that make us feel that way.
Then, together, we’ll 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.
We’ll feel around it—meander 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 — the subjectivity and beauty, and the quiet strangeness of how we experience the world.
⚡️ come hang ⚡️
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"💫 One of my favorite moments is catching Olivia's public virtual gathering ✨ Design for Feelings ✨.
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.
🌀 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 Lab
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 IDEO’er and Stanford d.school’er.
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 — 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.
I love helping people make whatever they’re making more memorable, more meaningful, more beautiful, and more chaotically and curiously weird.
The robots may be here, but that means we need wild-wild-humaning more than ever.
have questions?
Drop us an email at [email protected]