Eliane
Schauff
Eliane
Schauff
Eliane
Schauff
Eliane
Schauff
Eliane
Schauff
Eliane
Schauff
Eliane
Schauff
Eliane
Schauff
My project was inspired by the realization of how fragile happiness can be.
Measuring happiness
A personal experiment between doubt, hope, and small moments of happiness.
In my project, I examine happiness from both a personal and scientifc perspective. Through self-
experimentation, I observed and documented my everyday life and then classifed it using theoretical
models. I used a journal and a disposable camera as tools. The starting point for my work was the loss
of my mother, which led me to fundamentally question my own relationship with happiness. I wanted to
fnd out how happiness can be regained after such an experience and what factors infuence it. The cen-
tral challenge was to translate this intimate question into a design that remains both sensitive and com-
prehensible. The topic is emotional, but at the same time complex — and I wanted to make both visible.
In the design process, I learned that personal experience and graphic analysis are not mutually
exclusive, but can reinforce each other. This project therefore means a lot to me: It not only makes
happiness visible, but also aims to motivate people to experience a little more happiness in their
everyday lives.
BA
KD
Vertr.-Prof. Linda Rammes
Dipl.-Des. Elisabeth Schwarz
Pascal Hübel