Service Design Drinks No. 2
Design Happiness
(Da die Kommunikation auf Grund der internationalen Gäste bei den Service Design Drinks englisch ist, liegt diese Zusammenfassung nur in englisch vor)
First of all, what is happiness?
Happiness is ephemeral
• Happiness is dynamic and not a static condition
• Happiness develops in the interrelation between tension and relief
• The way towards the goal is happiness
Happiness is coincidental
• Happiness is to recover something you though you lost
• Surprise effect and coincidence is a source of happiness
• Happiness is a positive loss of control. Stress a the negative loss of control.
Happiness is individual
• Happiness is small, big, straight, bended, coloured, loud, silent
• The source of happiness is to know your values
• Happiness is hard to messure
• Everyone has to find his personal happiness
Happiness is contextual
• Something that makes you happy in one situation might not make you happy in another.
• Happiness is the right in the right point of time
Happyness is counterintuitive
• People don’t know what makes them happy
• It’s easier to tell what makes you unhappy
Happiness is a currency
• Happiness is a value but no currency
• Happiness develops in the interrelation of different aktors: People experiencing
happiness, people enable happiness, people consuming happiness.
• Giving makes happier than buying.
But Happiness can be learned!
• Happiness is a state of mind.
... and happiness can be influenced:
• Happiness can be amplified and equalized with the help of different, individual
instruments
• Happiness lies in your personal responsibility
So, how can we influence happiness?
Learning makes happy!
• The exchange of knowledge and the production of insight is creates happiness.
„Brain ist the new black“
Sharing makes happy!
• Joy is social and developes in the interraction of originator and recipient
Freude ist sozial und entsteht in Wechselbeziehung zwischen Erzeuger und Empfänger
• Real happiness is shared happiness
“A kids smile makes me happy.”
Meaning makes happy!
“When the reason why I do someting, what I do and how I do it comes together it causes satisfaction.”
Creating makes happy!
• Collaborating in a short-term goal makes us happy
• Solving challenges causes happiness
Physical experiences make happy!
• Happiness is connected to senses
Surprises makes happy!
• Unexpected positive experience can cause happiness!
Humor makes happy!
• Humor helps people to grow beyond their abilities
Diversity makes happy!
• A certain freedom of choice can influence happiness.
And something to read and watch:
www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-07/14/how-to-be-happy-nic-marks
www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_shares_happy_design.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_happiness
www.brandeins.de/archiv/magazin/glueck-rechnen-sie-damit/artikel/der-wohlfuehl-faktor.html
