Kindness Currency Mark Iterations
Process work behind developing the final currency mark for my kindness tokens for the Tokens of Kindness experiments. The original mark used looked too much like the dollar sign, so I re-designed the mark halfway through the project to help participants understand that I was not dealing with money.
Tokens and Price Tags
Price tags and tokens used throughout the project, including versions with the updated currency mark. Green tokens are for kind acts already committed. Red tokens are for promises of future kind acts (credit). Responses written on tokens were fed into the data visualization.
Smile Card Iterations
Drafts in order from top to bottom. Final cards designed to elicit tangible feedback via a Google Form.
Signage
Various signs used throughout the Tokens of Kindness project, including updated variations based on participant feedback. Designed to be produced cheaply by using a black-and-white printer and brightly colored paper.
Tokens of Kindness Project Statement
I love connecting people through art and design. I have been investigating the idea that a single kind act can start ripple effect of kindness that radiates through a community. My research aims to trigger that initial kind act. I began experimenting with a community design piece aimed to solicit kind acts in exchange for goods and services. I began this work with this pop-up booth selling handmade goods in exchange for special tokens on which customers wrote kind acts that they did or promised to do.
This experiment was the main focus of my research at Iowa State University and is the basis for a method about which I’m currently writing and designing a workbook.
Tokens of Kindness Experiments and Related Works
Experiments:
Tokens of Kindness Ames | Tokens of Kindness Des Moines | Tokens of Kindness at the Mall | Pizza for Kindness | Tokens of Kindness Mixtape Drop | Tokens of Kindness Cookie Drop | Tokens of Kindness Watercolor Class
Related Works: