During college one of my favourite assignments was one where I was assigned to think of a project that could positively impact society through design. I spent a great deal of time thinking about different things that I could design that would accomplish this and ended up going with a website. In general I've found that people who focus more on the positive things and less on the negative are much happier regardless of their situation. The idea of my website was to say thank you and think about the good things that happen on an average day. When we are given a gift it seems obvious to say thank you, but being thankful for smaller things such as having a door held for you or when your roommate does your dishes, can have just as positive of an impact. On the website visitors could write quick thank you notes in an online feed or print cards to give out in person. The project was well received, and I still think that should I come upon a vast amount of free time I could really make it work.
I was reminded of this because of a feel good article I saw on the Daily Heller. Students from Stefan Sagmeister's "Touch Someone's Heart" class completed their project by bringing their final product to New York City bus drivers. Check out the story here or here.
Oh and as a side note, one of my classmates made a fictional company like Bixi, looks like they had the right idea!
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