The Ask: To use our design methods to somehow help a residential foster care facility.

My Roles: Creative Director, Design Researcher, Interior Designer

Full-Team: Kate Canales-Lead Researcher, Mycal Elliot-Research, Will Bryant-Illustration, Rob Moser-Research and Design, Julie Heard-Research and Design.

Phases: Initial need-finding, early-concepting, workshop, design selection, build-out

Project Length: Initial research and exploraiton exploration, 6 months. Build-out 3 months. Total project time 3 years.

Challenges: Finding the problem and creating concepts was fairly easy, the hard part was getting funding and buy-in from the right people.

 

Work with Helping Hand Home for Children while acting as the Austin Chair for Project H Design to help re-envision their therapeutic spaces. Read the full write-up here.


Initial needs finding and workshop


Selection and design refinements


Build-out and final space

Categories: Social Design