School of Design
/ MDes Graphic Design/Illustration/Photography
/ Yuyao Li
/ The happiness apartment
The happiness apartment
My project, The Happiness Apartments, challenges the common assumption that accumulation is simply a behavior that needs to be corrected. Through a humanistic perspective and research into the emotional meanings of possessions, I began to understand accumulation as a complex relationship between objects, memory, identity and personal security. The project was inspired by repeated conversations with my friends, through which I discovered that many of us have habits of collecting certain objects, including things that may have little practical value. Although these objects may appear unnecessary to others, they can provide comfort, happiness, familiarity and a sense of identity to the people who keep them.