This year’s Information Design class is transforming abstract data into tangible experiences right here on campus.

Five student teams from Visual Communication Design have created interactive data physicalization installations that invite the campus community to reflect on the duality of wellness: how positive and negative aspects coexist in everyday life.

Each piece explores a provocative question:
– Does sacrificing sleep boost productivity or simply drain you?
– Is pressure a motivator or a path to burnout?
– Can procrastination lead to creative insight or is it just distraction?
– Does comparing yourself to others push you forward or hold you back?
– Is treating yourself an act of self-care or self-sabotage?

These interactive installations invite your participation. Your input becomes part of a collective, visualized “tangible” dataset that reveals how our experiences align, diverge, and intersect. We hope the project sparks reflection and conversation, reminding us that wellness is not black or white, and we are all finding our way through the spectrum together.

You may find the installations in the Timashev Family Music Building and the lobby area of the Fine Arts Library. This project is part of the VLab Wellness Data Hub, supported by the Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry.

Students: Anastasia Allison, William An, Maya Bittner, Suyeon Chae, Ruezy Chew, Jada Davis, Luca Della Vella, Nancy Hohl, Elizabeth Howes, Addison Kennedy, Kitty Kozlowski, Emerson Lepicki, Alexane Malaval, Ruby McGrievy, Ananya Muddappa, Isabel Nixon, Victoria Novas, Sam Rankin, Scott Reckers, Vansh Talwar, Zoei Tee.