I am an industrial designer and technologist exploring how design can be used to generate empathy and elicit positive, accessible, and sustainable change. CREATAG is a non-identifying shared multimedia journaling platform collecting experiential data on how lockdown affects Australian youth. The platform utilises AI to identify the development and presence of mental health concerns while additionally offering a novel means of media consumption. The agency for CREATAG has emerged from support measures needed for young Australians at risk of developing mental health concerns during times of heightened stress.
In-App Care
Upon recognition of a potential mental health concern, users will be prompted with the option to get in touch with a psychologist via the in-app messaging feature. The personal gallery that each user creates, throughout their engagement with the application, will then allow for mental health professionals to access a log of written-audio-visual expressions from a time of distress to aid in psychological treatment.
CREATAG
The application that feels like social media but works like therapy.
Artificial Intelligence
The platform utilises AI technology to uniquely present personal and communal works through digital collaging. In addition, the AI aids in identifying the development and presence of mental health concerns (specifically prolonged feelings of sadness and anxiousness) innately expressed by users.
Shared Gallery
The public gallery offers a refined, non-identifying, socialising experience for Australian youth. Users will be shown works relevant to their age bracket and logged preferences and will be encouraged to healthily engage with one another’s work through the canvas response. This feature is designed to increase the awareness of shared experiences, developing a stronger sense of community among users of CREATAG.
Jacqueline Johnstone, In-App Care
Jacqueline Johnstone, CREATAG
Jacqueline Johnstone, Artificial Intelligence
Jacqueline Johnstone, Shared Gallery
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