Blossoms of Interaction

Blossoms of Interaction

Blossoms of Interaction

Blossoms of Interaction

A 3-Day Study of Interaction, Energy, and Emotion

Methodology:

Ethnographic Self-study, Data Visualization

Tools:

Pen & Paper, Figma, Adobe Illustrator

Inspired by the "Dear Data" project, I spent three days tracking every interaction I had with friends and family, capturing 58 conversations through notes on my phone, scribbled observations, and honest reflections about how each one made me feel.


What started as simple tallying transformed into something more revealing. I noticed patterns I'd never consciously recognized: afternoons and evenings brought the most social activity, family conversations required the most energy investment, and somehow, I felt no frustration or anger, just smooth sailing with varying degrees of enthusiasm.


I visualized this journey using flowers to represent emotional quality and flowing timelines to show energy over three days. The warm, organic style made personal data feel less like statistics and more like a story about connection. Each chart, the emotion snapshot grid, the social circle traits, the energy scatter plot, reveals a different dimension of how I engage with the people in my life. This poster turned mundane interaction tracking into insights about my social patterns and emotional rhythms.