Photo: Andrew Lum
StairWELL: Building wellness through interactive art and tech
Addressing the increase in loneliness and mental health issues that surrounded the pandemic, we led the team of experts at Purdue University in Art, Technology, and Clinical Psychology to bridge the gap between the arts and sciences and create an installation and experience for students to find a sense of beauty, respite, and play.
Our role
As Innovators-in-Residence and Producers, we:
- Leveraged our skills as Artists, Storytellers, Sound Designers, and Technologists, to spearhead a campus-wide initiative that gave Students Arts as a Tool for engaging with their Mental Health
- Explored new ways to tackle the complex challenges facing the campus with a multidisciplinary team (UX, Psychology, Tech, Music, Student Life)
- Embraced a creative and iterative approach, rapidly testing prototypes and adapting based on user (student) feedback.
- Designed an innovative digital user interface that resulted in a 25% increase in student engagement and satisfaction.
Read about the project (here) and go behind the scenes here.