Updated: Dec 2, 2022
Culture
-He talks about food - haggis
-He talks about the plant, a symbol of the Scottish nation - thistle
-People love to drink - Also, talk about iron bru
-Funeral - key words: church service, cremation, people take it seriously, mourning (people say nice things about the dead)
Hospitals, illness and death
Common views.
-People feel that hospitals smell bad.
-People have to wait a long time to go to the hospital.
-Sickness makes people stressed (a friend told of his mother's state of mind when she was sick)
-People are very emotional when faced with death. As young people we may not be able to handle such emotions.
-If someone close to them has died, they want a quiet, warm place.
Special personal cases.
1. Q: What kind of space do you as a family member need more if you are accompanying someone to a medical appointment?
-Because there is a long wait for a hospital visit, he will get bored. So he would like the room to have games, or a TV.
-People visit the sick and talk to them. Hugging with them
2. (A friend who is sick talks about his views on hospitals)
-He feels that the hospital bed linen is unhygienic.
-The service of the nurses in the hospital is very bad.
Things shared from friends
-When he was 12 years old, his grandmother died
How he felt: He cried (when it happened that day and at the funeral too). For weeks on end he was sad.
-He had a friend who was 33 and died in a car accident. The way he found out was that his friend's mother had announced the news on Facebook.
How he felt: 1. sad 2. strange 3. hard to accept
Talking about our hypothetical design for a space in the hospital
-About the colour of the space
Similar to green, he would have liked something that gave him a fresh feeling
-He would not like the white atmosphere in the hospital.
-Meditation. Relaxing music in the space.
-About the form of the space
We talked about it being something like a distraction space. One friend talked about something that would lighten the atmosphere. For example, Jenga. or something like an actual video game.
Epidemics
-He feels it doesn't affect him much. But for the elderly members of his family, it makes them feel inconvenienced and is not conducive to going out.
-No fear. Has more time to do his own thing and improve himself.
Based on the chat, my views are as follows.
I think for creating this space it should break the perception of the traditional hospital wall - white. The space should be a warm, friendly and trustworthy place. On the other hand, for our design to provide emotional care to people, it might be possible to translate some of the sensory feelings into visual effects.
