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Thesis
Design for transformation: cultivating enduring wellness behaviors in young adults
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Dec 2025
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00011224
Abstract
The wellness industry in the United States sits at an estimated 1.8 trillion dollars in value as of 2024, with wellness spending showing significant gains among Gen Z and Millennial consumers. Despite its widespread commodification in contemporary consumer society, wellness as a pursuit of growing significance presents an opportunity for novel and creative approaches to improving overall health and wellbeing. This research seeks to identify key processes that foster sustained wellness habits in young adults, with consideration paid to the role of technology in promoting or obstructing wellness goals. This survey and interview-based study makes use of participant insights to map out the relative influence of material, social, and digital factors in the transformation of mindsets, habits, and states of being towards improved overall wellness. Furthermore, this work aims to inform a design framework towards creative strategies that cultivate physical, mental, and social wellbeing while considering the pressures presented by a consumption-based wellness culture and a life increasingly online.
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- Title
- Design for transformation
- Creators
- Zovinar Khrimian
- Contributors
- Diana S. Nicholas (Advisor)Karla B. Roberts (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University
- Number of pages
- 35 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Architecture, Design, and Urbanism; Design Research; Drexel University; Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
- Other Identifier
- 991022138982104721