What am I doing here?

Face Today is a set of colorful cards that invite to open-ended play. By layering cards with symbols, mouths, and eyes, players compose expressive faces to visualize emotions and reflect on themselves. A set of prompts places players in different scenarios, which they respond to by creating a face.

Face Today explores what school often fails to address. It gives players the room and freedom to communicate individual talents and desires and reveal who they are. Face Today can be played alone or together with others. The materials are fully customizable, either spontaneously or in preparation for a specific context, such as a workshop.


Initiated at Design Investigations, University of Applied Arts Vienna. (aaa.dieangewandte.at/abschlussarbeiten/maria-schweiger)

It is currently being tested in the Education Lab’s reflection room to identify pain points and continuously improve the product.

Brief

Why does a system that is supposed to “educate” us so often fail to help us discover who we are? Many students leave school without knowing what truly interests them or what they’re good at, even though that is precisely what would form the basis for a good career choice and a life free of frustration. This project asks: Can a game help students discover their own strengths and interests?