Hypertension Management Immersive Experience
An immersive health design installation that reframes how we see and feel hypertension.
Company
C-Change | Sunnybrook Hospital | OCAD University
Role:
Lead Experience Designer + Storyteller
Timeline:
Multi-institutional project | 6+ months | Co-creation with clinicians & health researchers
Challenge
Hypertension is called the “silent killer” for a reason, it’s invisible, symptomless, and dangerously easy to ignore.
Traditional educational approaches (brochures, infographics, pamphlets) fail to reach patients on an emotional level, especially those navigating multiple barriers to care.
We asked:
How might we understand blood pressure if it wasn’t only about data, but about feeling it in your body, in space, and in time?
Approach
We transformed a passive, overlooked health topic into a multi-sensory, immersive installation, a capsule-like experience that invites users to slow down, listen to their bodies, and connect with the often-ignored signs of stress, pressure, and risk.
This was health education as experiential care, co-designed with medical experts, storytellers, and people with lived experience.
