About Motif Metrics
Wellness is contextual.
Motif Metrics studies how people live, recover, care, discover, and travel, then translates what it learns into original research, media, and platforms.
Our premise
Wellbeing is both personal and contextual. It can be cultivated through solitude and individual practice, while also being shaped by place, relationships, responsibilities, and systems. We believe thoughtfully designed technology can support the practices, connections, and systems that help people live well.
Dimensions of work
A connected view of everyday life.
The studio works across three overlapping dimensions, reflecting how people actually live.
Personal Wellbeing
Regulation, recovery, and the daily rhythms that help people feel and function well.
Community & Place
Local discovery, travel, and the environments and relationships that shape belonging.
Care & Connection
Coordinated care, shared understanding, and continuity through changing needs.
Method
Method follows the question.
Motif Metrics begins in real contexts and selects methods according to the question. The work may include field observation, lived participation, interviews, conversations, surveys, and product testing.
Each published Field Notes identifies its context, time frame, methods, and relevant limitations.
Observe
Questions often emerge through lived experience, field observation, and patterns noticed in everyday life.
Investigate
Methods are chosen to fit the question and may include interviews, conversations, surveys, and product testing.
Translate
What is learned is documented and developed into field notes, media, platform decisions, or new tools.
The studio model
Original work, thoughtfully extended.
Original work
Motif Metrics develops and owns its original research, media, and platforms, allowing ideas to grow through continued observation and real-world use.
Selective collaboration
The studio also works with organizations through research collaborations, product and platform advisory, partnerships, and sponsorships aligned with the work.
Founder
A founder-led studio grounded in product thinking, research, and lived observation.
Motif Metrics was founded by Meamya Christie. Her background in product leadership, human-centered design, research, and lived observation shapes how the studio moves from questions to practical work.