ECHO
Echo was an interactive pop-up exhibition in December 2023, in which students taking a special topics course, Design for Social Value, collected stories around the city of Anderson and displayed them for the community to see who all encapsulates this city. The community was encouraged to write their own stories, prompted by the question, “How has your journey shaped who you are?” during the exhibition. The goal was to display anonymous writings from the community, showcasing that no matter one’s unique story, we are all humans who want to build connections.
Furthermore, the community had a choice to categorize stories they’ve read and place them on an opposite wall with four emotions: joy, fear, sadness, and anger. This was to help the community visualize and understand how the people of Anderson felt as a whole. Echo is just the beginning of initiatives related to the DFA process, and students are looking forward to more projects that connect them to the Anderson community. Plans are to continue to work with DFA to bring design learning to cross-disciplinary practices to students who are looking into diverse fields in the community.
An interactive pop-up exhibition showcasing collected written stories of Anderson’s community members.
BY: STUDIO 329