With my designs I strive to create a bridge between the hard-to-grasp topic of climate change and the everyday actions of individuals. As individuals, we all have the power to contribute to a more sustainable world. By supporting sustainable and healthy lifestyles, we can not only improve our own well-being and prevent lifestyle related diseases, but also indirectly benefit the environment and society as a whole. However, achieving this requires both individual and societal change, and can be difficult without the right tools and support.

As designers, we have the skills and expertise to help facilitate this change. By using technology and design, I hope to make this complex issue more relatable and actionable for people, and  to help them understand the impact of their behavior on the environment so they can make more informed and sustainable choices. This might involve using novel and engaging ways to communicate data, such as through data sculptures. I feel that physical data sculptures are powerful tools for communicating complex information in an engaging, meaningful and accessible way and also allows for shared reflection. However, at the moment, digital communication channels may be more accessible and familiar for many people. Aibel is a digital project example that shows how air quality data was used in a digital housing platform to be able to make well informed choices about healthy living environments. Nonetheless, I believe it is important that data sculptures become more integrated into households because of the potential benefits they can offer, especially with the rise of behavior trackers in the form of data. Also the trend of Artificial Intelligence (AI) allows for more accessible self-monitoring on individual behaviours which also generates opportunities for lifestyle awareness in the household.

The household context is a good starting point for promoting sustainable and healthy lifestyles, as it is the place where people reflect on and often make decisions about their own behavior and consumption. By focusing on this context, I aim to create more sustainable and healthy habits and routines, and encourage people to make more conscious choices. Ecorbis is a projects that encompass my vision well, as it makes climate change more graspable and personally relevant in the form of a data sculpture. 

Of course, individual action alone is not enough to create a more sustainable world. Systemic change is also necessary, such as supermarkets offering affordable sustainable food options and governments implementing policies to encourage sustainable practices. But by increasing knowledge and competence, individuals can play a key role in driving this change.