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The nature of the Detroit Travel Studio produced a method of idiosyncratic and site-responsive creative practice. It was an exciting way to work, taking pressure off finished outcomes and presentation and focusing on the ideas that could be generated in a short amount of time. The Studio prompted a broader query of what right designers have to tell other people what they need. The work resulted in a series of explorations that didn’t attempt to 'fix' the problems Detroit faces; instead, it connected to the people and explored the city itself through playful and engaged design approaches.

Detroit

travel

studio

2019

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mapping Detroit from the car
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36 discarded gloves found around Hamtramck (in one day)
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mapping with Cheerios
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mapping with found objects
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Vacancy 
(post-visit animation)
Detroit detritus
(woven found-objects)
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