A platform that allows for listeners to express and understand how songs make them feel by translating sound into visual, sensory, and memory-based experiences, so they can connect more deeply with their-selves, their emotions and others.
my personally-designed interactive song pages
Sensory and music are much more intertwined than you might think.
Since I was young, I've known that I had synesthesia, or the neurological phenomenon where senses involuntarily merge, causing someone to experience multiple senses towards certain stimuli. For me, letters have a constant associated color, sound has physical texture and movement, and motion has a soundtrack.
While it is said that 2-4% of people in the world have synesthesia, I believe that, especially in relation to music, this proportion is much higher. That's why, for my Senior Capstone project, I had the idea to pursue a music app that allows people to express how they personally feel and think about music, building a community collective of sensory, temporal associations, and memories.
Contributions: Founded the idea, foundational sketches & design, survey design, analysis and visualizations, initial & final prototype, user feedback, designed the interactive song pages and animated audio-based visuals
survey analysis & infographic design by emelia mantz.
