Growing Motions
Project Description
The goal of this project was to teach someone something new or a technique specific to ourselves. For myself I have embarked on an intense journey of self-discovery and emotional healing. For me this includes deep thought, reflection, and meditation. What is unique to me, is my own schedule and finding enough time to recognize moments to self-reflect. I keep very long days and the key to this is caffeine intake, and I recognize that as a commonality between most people on the go. Because of this recognition, I believe a great communication avenue would be through coffee/tea to-go cups designed for a coffee shop with encouragement for self-reflections. The cups themselves celebrate mental-health awareness and self-reflection. They also promote a partnering journal meant for physical journaling and promotion for a app that promotes digital journaling. This project evolved from just a simple couple of cups to also sleeves to accompany the hot drinks, and a journal, so that prompts for reflection featured on the cup could be written down, some where. For even more journal space I have also given this initiative a digital home with the prototyping of a mobile application that allows access to the daily prompts and a more organized way to journal daily with the partnering app “Growing Motions”
Product Design
Many people on the go constantly rely on a lot of caffeine, so a perfect way to remind them to take a moment to themselves is on a hot beverage cup. The cups ask the poignant question, "Are you Growing or going through the motions?"This is an important question we must all ask ourselves, especially when we become extremely busy. Another aspect of the design is the colors of these cups, they are meant to be very calming, and evoke a
peace of mind.
App Design
This app is able to pair with the cups that encourage self-reflection and mental health awareness. This app is meant to allow you a space to have daily check ins and also a reminder to write and journal daily, that way you can keep track of your own emotions throughout time.
In this app you are encouraged to journal daily, whether based on daily prompts offered, or getting something off your chest on your own.
The app will track your emotional well being throughout your usage and allows you to see what has helped you on rough days, or things that excited you on better days you've recorded.
