The standard graph (from least happy to happiest)— created in Processing with an output PDF— in order to make the laser cut version that was then mashed up with the cupcake liner contributed data.

Planning to color track the white dots that show in the projected image as the centerpoints for where people think the cupcake lies on the sweetness scale— making the translation between the two boards clearer— though currently one can use a finger to track where the liner falls on the formal scale.

These photos show the process of the presentation:

1. Eat cupcakes!

2. Map their sweetness.

3. Consider how your mapping matches the formal index— a live feed of the mapped board is projected onto the formal Happiness Index graph.

The sugariest cupcakes stick together…

From initial preparation to baking. Each cupcake is a different country and gets a different quantity of sugar according to its increase in happiness.