Qupic - Design Therapy?
(2022) In Diploma work IDEL01 20221Industrial Design
- Abstract
- According to a recent report by “Syria Relief”
organisation, 75% of the Syrian Refugees who left Syria
in the last six years are suffering from at least seven
symptoms of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Youth refugees are not finding the support they
need; some of them are not even aware that they
need it, which leads to a lack of communication and
understanding in the evaluation of their mental state.
This project aims to show how a creative design process
can play a crucial role in providing mental health
support and to explore the possibility of design therapy
as an addition to conventional forms of psychological
support. Therefore, one of the main research questions is
can we have “Design Therapy” similar... (More) - According to a recent report by “Syria Relief”
organisation, 75% of the Syrian Refugees who left Syria
in the last six years are suffering from at least seven
symptoms of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Youth refugees are not finding the support they
need; some of them are not even aware that they
need it, which leads to a lack of communication and
understanding in the evaluation of their mental state.
This project aims to show how a creative design process
can play a crucial role in providing mental health
support and to explore the possibility of design therapy
as an addition to conventional forms of psychological
support. Therefore, one of the main research questions is
can we have “Design Therapy” similar to Art Therapy.
Qualitative research was conducted in the form of semi-
structured interviews with ten different people, all of
which are 20-29 year old Syrians living outside of Syria
and suffering from PTSD symptoms. The results showed a
considerable need for communication.
Following a creative process, based on the interviews
and Plutchik’s wheel of emotions, examples of
psychological tests were made. Furthermore, inspired by
the lobes of the brain, a concept item was designed. This
item gains its shape from translating the psychological
tests’ results into pieces of visual information.
At this stage, Qupic is a memorable object to remind
the interviewees of the importance of communication.
With more time to put on research, testing and more
consulting from experts, Qupic has the potential to be
used as a pedagogical or an archive tool. (Less)
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- author
- Jawaied, Salim
- supervisor
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- course
- IDEL01 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- publication/series
- Diploma work
- report number
- ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/ EX--21/50543-SE
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- ISRN
- language
- English
- id
- 9079042
- date added to LUP
- 2022-05-05 07:55:24
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- 2022-05-05 07:57:46
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abstract = {{According to a recent report by “Syria Relief”
organisation, 75% of the Syrian Refugees who left Syria
in the last six years are suffering from at least seven
symptoms of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Youth refugees are not finding the support they
need; some of them are not even aware that they
need it, which leads to a lack of communication and
understanding in the evaluation of their mental state.
This project aims to show how a creative design process
can play a crucial role in providing mental health
support and to explore the possibility of design therapy
as an addition to conventional forms of psychological
support. Therefore, one of the main research questions is
can we have “Design Therapy” similar to Art Therapy.
Qualitative research was conducted in the form of semi-
structured interviews with ten different people, all of
which are 20-29 year old Syrians living outside of Syria
and suffering from PTSD symptoms. The results showed a
considerable need for communication.
Following a creative process, based on the interviews
and Plutchik’s wheel of emotions, examples of
psychological tests were made. Furthermore, inspired by
the lobes of the brain, a concept item was designed. This
item gains its shape from translating the psychological
tests’ results into pieces of visual information.
At this stage, Qupic is a memorable object to remind
the interviewees of the importance of communication.
With more time to put on research, testing and more
consulting from experts, Qupic has the potential to be
used as a pedagogical or an archive tool.}},
author = {{Jawaied, Salim}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
series = {{Diploma work}},
title = {{Qupic - Design Therapy?}},
year = {{2022}},
}