I Want You to Want Me

I Want You to Want Me

is an installation web data viz project which exhibited in MOMA Design and the Elastic Mind.

I Want You To Want Me chronicles the world’s long-term relationship with romance, across all ages, genders, and sexualities, gathering new data from a variety of online dating sites every few hours. The system searches these sites for certain phrases, which it then collects and stores in a database. These phrases, taken out of context, provide partial glimpses into people’s private lives. Simultaneously, the system forms an evolving zeitgeist of dating, tracking the most popular first dates, turn-ons, desires, self-descriptions and interests.

I went to the exhibition personally and it was mind-blowing experience.    I am always interested in human relationship  and social networking.  I Want You to Want Me has a 56-inch touch screen interface which you can browse through profiles which collection from various online dating sites every few hours.

The dating site usually has a complex search engine with poor interface design.  I Want You to Want Me changed the experience that how the online dating site can display their member profile database.  It’s playful, easy to understand  and fun.  It makes the serious profile page into objects like balloons flying in the sky.  The profile searching experience is much more visual and interactive than what your typical online dating site does.