The Box of Emotions

Ever felt an emotion that you haven't been able to find the right words for?

Dip into The Box of Emotions to find the perfect expression of how you feel. Each of the 80 cards contains a mini-essay on a different emotion on one side and a mesmerizing colour pattern on the other. Learn more about yourself and what makes your fellow beings tick, from anger and worry to empathy and courage. And with a host of less familiar emotions—dépaysement, fago, and litost among them—you may discover a whole new way.

Tiffany Watt Smith is a research fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions, Queen Mary University of London, and was also a 2014 BBC New Generation Thinker.

Thérèse Vandling is a London-based independent graphic designer and experimental screen-printer with a passion for all things printed.