BRIEF
For the seventh semester at Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, the brief was to conduct a self initiated project. The project was named 'Ek Aam Kitab', emphasising on 'Aam' (mango) and 'kitab' (book). The task was to use these as a starting point for the project.
CONCEPT
This project aims at creating a book (object) that will assist people suffering with anxiety to cope with their emotional imbalances and form deeper connection with ‘self ‘ through interactive activities. The objective is to move away from the traditional verbal communication and explore other ways of easy communication and expression of emotions to yourself and to a therapist. The approach is to use sensorial aspects of the mango such as the colour, texture, smell, sound and memories to design activities that engage the user.
This book is purely hand written and hand illustrated.
Project Proposal
The duration of this project was 4 months. It being a mental health awareness project, I spent more than 2 months carrying out an extensive research about anxiety and anxiety management. I did the same through interviews with therapists, conducting surveys and secondary research. In order to decide the tone of writing and illustration, I also researched about artists who have produced work in the same field. A small user testing was done before producing the final book.
Below is a pdf of the process and research conducted to back up the content of this project. Each activity, sequence of the book and write up is derived from my research.
Process Documentation and research
Fighting demons,
facing fears.
A self help book for anxiety management
Have a look at the pdf below to see the complete book!
T H A N K
Y O U !
