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Vexed Run

Gyuri Lee

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Gyuri Lee is a space branding designer specialized in branding strategy and spatial planning. She has a passion for designing spatial experiences by integrating multi-sensory elements to create branded spaces. She worked as a spatial strategist in South Korea, and participated in residential, commercial, and mixed-use development projects. 

Gyuri Lee is a space branding designer specialized in branding strategy and spatial plannin...

Vexed Run is a pop-up event designed to allow teenagers to delve into a wide range of negative emotions through the act of running. This unique experience presents a series of physical interventions that actively prompt teenagers to express their negative emotions through physical movement, providing an invaluable opportunity to reflect on these emotions. 

The experience begins with teenagers choosing a character to accompany them on their journey. The character will curate and direct their experience within the physical environment. The project aims to promote a cultural shift that encourages the acceptance of negative emotions that teenagers often suppress. Through this experience, teenagers will be able to develop their own coping mechanisms for dealing with negative emotions. 

“It’s okay to be negative!” 

Collaborators :

Jaeyoung Ban, App Developer 

Phark Lertchanyakul, Wayfinding Strategist 

Final work

An axonometric drawing showing the overview of the experience in Russell Square in London

The overview of Vexed Run interventions

The experience involves a series of physical interventions involving running, which encourages the exploration of negative emotions. 

An illustration of five different characters which symbolize different categories of negative emotions created with distinctive geometric shapes

Vexed Run characters

Vexed Run characters symbolize different categories of negative emotions, and visitors can choose who they would like to run with. 

  • A rendered image of a teenager standing in front of a inflatable installation of the character
  • A photo of the working prototype

Vexed Run project teaser

This is the teaser of Vexed Run created to invite teenagers to the event. The event is for young people who struggle with dealing with negative emotions.   

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Vexed Run

Vexed Run is a pop-up event designed to allow teenagers to delve into a wide range of negative emotions through the act of running. This unique experience presents a series of physical interventions that actively prompt teenagers to express their negative e...

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