"Forget Myers Briggs, forget the Big 5, forget every personality test that makes you feel misunderstood. Here at Designmuseum Denmark, we have developed a 99.9% effective algorithm that can determine what kind of personality you have from answering just FIVE questions, and the best part, you will be matched to your very own snuff box from the museum’s extensive snuff box collection.
Snuff boxes, popular in 18th century Europe, are ornamental containers known for holding powdered tobacco. They became embedded into social rituals amongst European elites, and considered an extension of their owner’s personality - the more intricate the design, the more impressive. If you look around the snuff box collection here at the museum, you will find a series of often overlooked treasures, with each box telling their own story.
So, which snuff box are YOU?"
Snuff Box Personality Test, Designmuseum Danmark (2025)
Collaboration between Parsons School of Design students and Royal Design Academy (Copenhagen) students.
Group members: Rice Gallardo, Calder King, Eliot Lambert, Evin Tasyürek, Yuhan Xia (Nara), Marcus Ian Rasmussen, Jenny Yen
Intention: To design a site of playful intervention at the Designmuseum Danmark to enhance visitor engagement.
My role: Concept lead and content writer
Questions:
Results:
Reflection:
Visitors are offered an informational pamphlet and an answer card in the START room.
As they move through the galleries, they encounter four personality test questions to answer on their card.
Following the last question, visitors submit their personality quiz to the administrator, who processes it, then provides a receipt of their personality assessment.