Awards | Design Values Award (DVA)

Apr 25, 2025

Multi-sensory interactive environments for mental health

Future Spaces Vision Lab is pleased to share that three of its projects have been shortlisted for the Design Values Award (DVA) in the category "Professional / Visual, Communication, and Interactive Design".

The Design Values Award (DVA) is an international award celebrating contemporary Chinese design. Launched in 2024 through a collaboration between the V&A Museum in London and Design Society in Shenzhen.

The shortlisted projects include:

Minus x Minus = Plus: A Stage for Stress Sharing
"Minus x Minus = Plus" is an innovative concept combining EEG biofeedback to visualize and share stress in real-time. Through an artistic installation, this semi-controlled interactive system illustrates how shared stress can be transformed into a positive experience. It builds upon the concept that two negatives give one positive, metaphorically addressing the need to enhance human interactions to reduce stress levels. This work provides the opportunity for participants to visualize, identify, and perceive invisible bio-data: stress levels that hide within the human body and mind.
Broken: A Multi-Modal Interactive Experience to Support Psychological Capital Through Stress Breaking
Stress management is increasingly gathering public attention in contemporary societies. Empowering individuals to build more self-confidence to fight stressful conditions can enormously impact on their psychological well-being. This interactive experience builds upon the concept that psychological capital (PsyCap) and, more specifically, self-efficacy are essential factors for coping with stress and increasing individuals' self- belief. By utilizing bio-data detection and processing, together with a motion capture system, stress levels are visualized in real-time through Electroencephalography (EEG), while a following interaction process can trigger individuals' responses to it.
RESPIRA 2.0: Live Breathing Retraining Through Interactive Sensory Substitution and Generative AI Based on Biometric Pattern
Respiration is a fundamental act and one of our essential physiological functions. Respira in Italian means "breathe". RESPIRA 2.0, an interactive experience designed to provide users with an intuitive understanding of their breathing patterns, is proposed to arouse their attention to the process of breathing through physiological training. Building on this foundation, the focus is placed on diaphragmatic breathing retraining through sensory substitution. Humans are not naturally trained to perform it; through two elastic breathing belts equipped with motion sensors, RESPIRA 2.0 enables visualization of breathing patterns and provides biometric real-time feedback to enhance consciousness of correct breathing performance.

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Link to Official Announcement of Shortlisted Projects: https://awards.designsociety.cn/en/index/shorlist?category=1dde