💡How might we…
…help people recognise the need to form good mental health habits so that they can lead more fulfilling lives
Company
Design Thinking Games
Partners
Smiling Mind (2018), Microsoft (2019)
Project
Mental Health Design Jam
My Role
Host and Facilitator
Date
2018, 2019
Team
Evon Tan, Co-host & DTG Co-founder
Elain Tain, DTG Co-founder
Luke McManus, Facilitator
Damien He, Facilitator
Vinny Feeney, Facilitator
Queenie Lo, Facilitator
Doreen Nguyen, Videographer
⚡️Problem
‘Mindfulness’ simply means paying attention to the present moment. Practising mindfulness can help you to cope with everyday life and deal with tough times, and can help you to concentrate, relax and be more productive. Smiling Mind engaged Design Thinking Games to understand and prototype how they could create more positive engagement with mindfulness and get people to recognise the importance of mental health.
💡 Approach.
Though DesignThinkingGames, we host an annual Design Jam for Mental Health, working with Impact Partners such as Smiling Mind and Microsoft to bring different Mental Health challenges to our community.
We facilitate our participants (we call them ‘Design Players’) through the Design Thinking Process using a number of methods that are framed as ‘Games’, making Design accessible to a wider audience.
✅ Tasks and activities
As the Director and lead host, I work end-to-end with my team to organise, host, and facilitate these events. This includes:
Content preparation and presentation
Workshop facilitation
Event organisation
Watch the Hype Reel.
