In the Wild

January–February 2020

Problem

As a college student, there were(are) few things that confuse me as much as navigating the healthcare system on my own for the first time. I wanted to compile, systemize, and simplify the main complicated policies and terms.

Solution

So I created a system of icons that would allow users too quickly refer to key data points in a healthcare plan to determine if it was right for them. Besides the icons, this project included a poster and a process book. But just as much as the healthcare system confused me, I looked to one man who seems to have it all together—Dwight Schrute. In Season 1 Episode 3 of The Office, Dwight gives an iconic monologue about his views on healthcare. It begins, "In the wild there is no healthcare..."

In the Wild

January–February 2020

Problem

Solution

The poster shows the icons large and colorful and small and grayscale to show their legibility as well as outline the problem, solution, and objective of this project.

The process of drawing the icons, moving from paper and pen to digital roughs,
exploring all the possibilities to make complex ideas into a simple symbol, was challenging but so rewarding.

My initial research for this project consisted, in part, of scrolling through tweets written by young adults who seemed to share my sentiments for the broken healthcare system. Their confusion and frustrations compounding on my own, seemed the logical way for me to invite my reader into the introduction of the process book.