The Playground: An alternative social experience
The project speculated into the future, where social media addiction among young adults become a critical problem and the government has to establish a new department to face it (The Department of Social Media Usage Control). By setting the scene in the future, we have a better understanding of our lives today and the challenges we might face in the future, which provoke thinking and actions.
I worked closely with users and experts from the related domain, and notice the foundation of the problem is people’s feeling of loneliness and disconnection. An alternative social experience that provides a positive connection and manageable social circle for its users is needed.
The outcome is Playground; a social platform based on the local community to provide a ‘real-time, location-based, playful, positive social connection for users.
Department of Social Media Usage Control ads video future 2026 (Future scenario video)
In the development stage, I use video to prototype my future vision and bring it to life quickly. It is an advertisement for the Department of Social Media Usage Control (an organisation that I imagine exists in the future world I create).
