WILL ELIOT
Design researcher
and prototyper
A series of experimental and exploratory physical design interventions to aid people with their mental health through verbal communication with plants.
︎ Materials: House plants, electronics
︎ Tools: Arduino, computer assisted fabrication
︎ Process: Experimentation, insight generation
CONTEXT
What if plants be used as a viable therapy object to improve our mental wellbeing?
This project consisted of a series of experimental and exploratory physical design interventions to aid people with their mental health by verbally communicating with plants.
The research showed that talking to plants regularly not only improved the health of the plants but of the participants too leading to improvements in stress levels and happiness.
PROCESS
A highly experiemtnal approach using a diverse range of tools and technology were implemented in order to create fast results that would fuel insights for the next stage of prototyping.
A highly experiemtnal approach using a diverse range of tools and technology were implemented in order to create fast results that would fuel insights for the next stage of prototyping.
INSIGHTS
The results showed that our experiements did improve the mental health state of participants using our design interventions.
