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Be the first to experience and test out ideas for the future Somerset Belt! ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ Join us at the Somerset Belt this Saturday for a one-day-only intervention to see Singaporean youths’ ideas come to life! Look forward to splashes of light and colour, free busking spaces, flexible urban furniture, platforms for your aspirations, music and film to enjoy and more. These #placemaking prototypes will be up till past midnight - so come by to check it out or just chill out in the area! ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ We will also be around to gather your thoughts about these prototypes which will help to inform future plans for this youth district. See you there! ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ For more information, visit www.shapeyoursomerset.sg
Come spend your Saturday meaningfully by volunteering with us at *Scape this weekend as part of our engagement series around Singapore to create awareness of the National Diabetes Reference Materials we are developing together with the Ministry of Health.⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ As a volunteer, you will be collecting stories on patient/families perception of the current Diabetes outreach materials as well as invite initial ideas and feedback about the existing reference materials. These materials will eventually be made available on the Health Promotion Board’s HealthHub. Come support this important initiative by facilitating the co-creation of these materials! ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ Be a volunteer today by signing up at the link in our bio! ⬆️⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ #participateindesign #letsparticipatesg #designingwithpeople #diabetesresourcedevelopment
Lausanne’s Place de la Riponne, a grand square in the heart of Switzerland’s fourth-largest city, is the kind of historically significant, dramatically sited urban set piece that would likely be the tourist-thronged highlight of any North American city. ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ But somehow, the city has managed to mess it up. By the standards of old Europe, the space has been warped by some ungainly traffic planning, with a strip of the square reimagined as the feeder road to a subterranean parking lot. ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ The city is now trying hard to make up for their bad planning by piloting a radically inclusive public consultation into the area’s future. Rather than providing ready-made blueprints, Lausanne is starting a process that the city’s Socialist mayor Gregoire Junod calls, “turning a blank page to explore the field of the possible” by conducting a three day mass workshop with the public. ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ While the structure and vibe of this three day workshop are uniquely Swiss, the problem it’s trying to solve couldn’t be more universal: Can you correct the planning blunders of the past and modernize an older city without endangering its soul? ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ Read more about the article here: https://www.citylab.com/solutions/2019/04/lausanne-switzerland-design-workshop-place-de-la-riponne/587050/ ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ #participateindesign #letsparticipatesg #designingwithpeople #workoftheweek
We recently put up a call for artists to come forward and help us create a chalkboard mural wall for the Community Kitchen we completed at Fajar Spring’s Pacific Activity Centre (PAC) and we were delighted when Shiu Heng willingly volunteered his time for the project! ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ “I really enjoyed the interactions and conversations I had with the seniors and the staff at the centre. The atmosphere was friendly and welcoming — i was even invited to join their weekly communal potluck lunch gathering despite only being there for 3 days! ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ A challenge I faced was trying to balance the chalkboard mural wall into something that could be of practical use yet aesthetically pleasing as well. After discussing and brainstorming with the staff of PAC, we mutually decided to use the wall as a menu display. Hence, a mural of healthy food and positive messages was created in hopes of livening up the space and advocating healthy eating. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ Seeing the smiles and happy faces of the seniors when they were looking at the completed artwork was a heartwarming moment for me. As designers / artists, if given the opportunity, we should apply our skills to help our community in hopes of positively impacting our society in the long run.” ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ #designingwithpeople #letsparticipatesg #participateindesign #communitykitchen #pacificactivitycentre
Our co-founder, Mizah Rahman was featured in Berita Minggu last Sunday, where she shared about the work and vision of P!D in a nutshell. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ The article shed light on the rising trend of millennial trailblazers in Singapore and how this generation of youths are brave, bold yet empathetic at the same time. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ “Through the work that we do at P!D, we want to involve the community through creative ways and means that are exciting and inclusive. It does not matter if you are 70 or 17, everybody can play a part in the design process and everybody’s ideas are equal. We are a generation that understands the importance of tackling issues and concerns of the community, with the community!” ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ The P!D team is so proud and grateful for the feature and we hope to continue championing for the importance of participatory design in Singapore in the years to come! ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ Read more about the article here: https://www.beritaharian.sg/setempat/rancang-bersama-masyarakat-untuk-masyarakat ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ #designingwithpeople #participateindesign #letsparticipatesg
Taja Lindley, a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist and activist, will be collaborating with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to work on a project that deals with unequal birth outcomes and maternal mortality for pregnant and parenting black people in the Bronx. The Public Artists in Residence Program (PAIR), matches artists and public agencies together. The artists are then tasked with developing creative projects around social issues. ⁣⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⁣⠀ The mission is to bring the creative energy and intelligence of artists to the challenges that city agencies face. Public health workers in the Bronx are excited to work together with Taja, for their approach to tackling issues around birth equity and reproductive justice are typically in a very data-focused way. Jane Bedell, the assistant commissioner and medical director for Neighbourhood Health Action Center says, “Artists can be creative problem-solvers.” ⁣⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⁣⠀ Read more about the article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/arts/design/public-artists-in-residence-new-york.html ⁣⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⁣⠀ #participateindesign #letsparticipatesg #designingwithpeople #workoftheweek
We conducted a series of participatory design masterclasses for the public officers of the Ministry of Health, to allow them to think differently when working with communities through the planning and curation of policies and outreach materials. The workshop aims to impart the mindsets and skills of a participatory designer and community organiser in working with the community as well as to create an awareness of the healthcare industry as a potential platform for community engagement. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ “I learned many interesting tools. But what this workshop really did was to convince me of the deep value of participatory policies and the co-creation process — for greater ownership and citizen empowerment. Thank you for blazing the trail!” ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ We are grateful for the support and strong belief in the work that we do! We are still opening up volunteering slots for the subsequent Community Engagement Pop-Ups for the National Diabetes Reference Materials happening later this coming week. Register your interest now at this link here: http://bit.ly/diabetesresource ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ #participateindesign #letsparticipatesg #designingwithpeople
UrbanFootprint, a SimCity-Like tool Urban Planning software for sustainable cities lets Urban Planners see the potential impact of their ideas. The software makes it possible for planners and designers to plug in any urban planning scenario, push a few buttons and see a broad set of impacts, including how a plan might change traffic and commute times, the ability of kids to walk to school, access to jobs, energy use, the local economy, health and carbon emissions. ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ In the past, these types of complex calculations could take months or years as team of consultants gathered massive amounts of data and made or customised models. For planners and designers, this tool can lead to better designs. ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ Explore the UrbanFootprint SimCity-Like tool software here: https://urbanfootprint.com ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ #participateindesign #letsparticipatesg #designingwithpeople #workoftheweek
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Participate in Design Ltd is a member of Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (raiSE)

Participate in Design Ltd is a member of Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (raiSE)