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Co-design for sustainable futures
Co-design for sustainable futures
Co-design for sustainable futures
Co-design for sustainable futures
This project explores people's responses to firstly, the idea of collectively building something that holds the power to bring us together as a community and secondly, an agreement towards knowing that like technical ways of solving change the innovative path towards approaching it cannot be done individually either.
This project explores people's responses to firstly, the idea of collectively building something that holds the power to bring us together as a community and secondly, an agreement towards knowing that like technical ways of solving change the innovative path towards approaching it cannot be done individually either.
The left side carries my perspective and vision of Climate anxiety, the images adjacent features a vibrant patchwork of layered fabrics, dried flowers, and organic textures in warm oranges, deep blues, and natural elements. This section embodies the concept of "emergent responses" - representing how climate stories, like the vest itself, can be living collages of memory, hope, and creative adaptation rather than static warnings.
The left side carries my perspective and vision of Climate anxiety, the images adjacent features a vibrant patchwork of layered fabrics, dried flowers, and organic textures in warm oranges, deep blues, and natural elements. This section embodies the concept of "emergent responses" - representing how climate stories, like the vest itself, can be living collages of memory, hope, and creative adaptation rather than static warnings.
The right side serves as a canvas for community members to respond to 20 diverse climate prompts. Participants speculated futures rooted in memories, imagination and hopeful actions to illustrate emotional responses to environmental changes. These contributions are reflections to future-focused scenarios which channelise speculative thinking as a strategic tool to envision futures in climate impacted world.
The right side serves as a canvas for community members to respond to 20 diverse climate prompts. Participants speculated futures rooted in memories, imagination and hopeful actions to illustrate emotional responses to environmental changes. These contributions are reflections to future-focused scenarios which channelise speculative thinking as a strategic tool to envision futures in climate impacted world.
The right side serves as a canvas for community members to respond to 20 diverse climate prompts. Participants speculated futures rooted in memories, imagination and hopeful actions to illustrate emotional responses to environmental changes. These contributions are reflections to future-focused scenarios which channelise speculative thinking as a strategic tool to envision futures in climate impacted world.
The right side serves as a canvas for community members to respond to 20 diverse climate prompts. Participants speculated futures rooted in memories, imagination and hopeful actions to illustrate emotional responses to environmental changes. These contributions are reflections to future-focused scenarios which channelise speculative thinking as a strategic tool to envision futures in climate impacted world.
Category
Storytelling / Strategy / Climate Communication
Storytelling / Strategy / Climate Communication
Timeline
April 2025 - July 2025
April 2025 - July 2025
The opposite side of the vest serves as a canvas for community members to respond to 20 diverse climate prompts. Participants drew memories of childhood weather, sketched future neighborhood visions, or illustrate emotional responses to environmental changes. These contributions range from playful ("Design a house that talks to the wind") to introspective ("Draw a place that makes you feel safe during storms") to future-focused ("Sketch what children 100 years from now will thank us for").
The Climate Storytelling Vest is a collaborative art piece that transforms climate narratives from individual anxiety into collective creativity. This wearable artefact was created in real time as a part of my college assignment with the goal to demonstrate how community stories can literally layer together to create something beautiful and meaningful.
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The Climate Storytelling Vest is a collaborative art piece that transforms climate narratives from individual anxiety into collective creativity. This wearable artefact was created in real time as a part of my college assignment with the goal to demonstrate how community stories can literally layer together to create something beautiful and meaningful.
Read research paper
The Climate Storytelling Vest is a collaborative art piece that transforms climate narratives from individual anxiety into collective creativity. This wearable artefact was created in real time as a part of my college assignment with the goal to demonstrate how community stories can literally layer together to create something beautiful and meaningful.
Read research paper