For Those Who Don't Have Tomorrow

  This project started with curiosity on how we can create empathy in design.  At the beginning, I was trying to find a way to make people behave better and I thought creating empathy in design could do that.  During the prototyping process,  I heard the news of a celebrity's death from South Korea and for a few days,  I could not focus on my works. It made me wonder why am I empathizing with her even though I have not met her,  and I'm not even a fan of hers. I ronically,  it was contrary to my purpose, that is,  I sought to make people behave better by creating empathy in design,  but in this case,  empathy was making me unproductive.  In a way to find an answer to why I have this undefined feeling,  I came to the idea that it is important to think about how I can create a design that helps people empathize with each other without worrying about getting people to act better.  As a first step,  I decided to share my personal story as a participant in the project.  [more]