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Happy Streets is back! Are you an artist, designer or someone who is good with their hands? Come and co-create a happy street with us this weekend, from 19 to 21 October! Part of the Arts@MacPherson initiative, in collaboration with Artsolute, we need your help to sketch and paint the public walkways of MacPherson. ⁣ ⁣ If you can’t make it this weekend, join us on the 28th instead as we engage the residents of MacPherson in an exciting arts trail! We will be collecting stories and memories from the residents, which will inspire future art projects in the area. ⁣ ⁣ Register your interest at this link here: http://bit.ly/HappyStreet2018⁣ ⁣ Come one, come all! Let’s together enliven the public spaces of MacPherson so that it becomes a delightful everyday experience for the residents!⁣ ⁣ #designingwithpeople #letsparticipateSG #artsatmacpherson
This week’s #PIDATWORK features our earnest volunteer, Jun Hao! “It’s only been 2 short months with P!D but the experience of volunteering with them has been nothing short of fruitful and amazing. The team and its volunteers are really friendly and committed towards participatory design, which is one of the reasons why I decided to join them. The popup booth at Sentosa Boardwalk and the subsequent Sentosa workshops really shows how committed P!D is towards engaging the public when designing a space. I feel that engaging the future users of a particular space for their feedback is paramount as ultimately it is them who will be the ones inhabiting the space after its construction. Looking forward to contributing more to their cause!” ⁣ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍⁣ We look forward as well to having you on board with us for our future participatory projects, Jun Hao! Many hands make light work!
Our Assistant Director Larry represented P!D last Saturday at Archifest! “Thankful to be given a platform like Archifest to share about the work that we do at Participate in Design to a very attentive crowd who stayed on to ask questions! It was a fun day together with Shophouse & Co and LOPELAB. The best part was — It was not too hot an afternoon! Let’s continue to make better places together with people, and not just for people!”⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #DesigningwithPeople #letsparticipatesg
We prototyped our participatory board game at the recent P!D Open Studio session and we are thankful that so many of you came to test it out and provide such constructive feedback.⁣ ⁣ We are working hard to improve the game for the next round of P!D Open Studio, which is happening on the 24th of October, 7PM at the National Design Centre. Come join us! Sign-up at this link here: http://participateindesign.org/pd-open-studio/⁣ ⁣ #DesigningwithPeople #LetsParticipateSG
#PIDATWORK this week features Robin Alviedo, our volunteer who is currently taking his Degree in Urban Planning — “I have volunteered with P!D for a short while and yet they have already exposed me to their wide-range of stakeholders. From young children during their Hack Our Play project to senior residents from Tampines neighbourhood, its very exciting to hear and learn about their approach to design from which I learn tremendously from. P!D moves away from the traditional design approach that is rather prescriptive and does not truly value the inputs of the direct users as well as the larger community. Studying Urban Planning in NUS Real Estate has introduced me to the concept and theory of Participatory Planning, but volunteering for P!D has shown me why we must do it.”⁣ ⁣ It has been our greatest pleasure to have you volunteer with us Robin! We hope our projects have inspired you to incorporate Participatory Planning in your coursework! ⁣ ⁣ #DesigningwithPeople #LetsParticipateSG
#PIDATWORK this week features Jarrod Choo, our fellow who is pursuing his Masters in Public Policy — "I started volunteering with P!D after attending a talk on citizen participation at school. It has been nearly a year since I first volunteered, and I remain convinced about the importance of a participatory approach to urban design.⁣ ⁣ Through interactions with their surroundings – be it void decks, kopitiams, or the workplace – people create meaning and memories around what are essentially static, lifeless physical structures. Hence, “good” spaces may generate feelings of conviviality, safety or respite, while “bad” spaces trigger feelings of isolation, monotony or dread. In designing urban spaces, planners and designers need to be sensitive to the links between the socio-psychological wellbeing of the community and the spaces that they are embedded in. This is where P!D makes a difference – by rallying the community around the design process so as to create “good” spaces.⁣ ⁣ It has been a privilege for me to have participated in the various community pop-ups and workshops organized by P!D. Each engagement session is an opportunity to interact with other volunteers and participants who are passionate about co-creating better spaces for themselves and others. ⁣ ⁣ I would encourage anyone interested in contributing to a better society to consider volunteering with P!D, regardless of your professional or academic background! I do not have a design background and I am certainly not extroverted, but my experience with P!D has been nonetheless enriching and I am glad to have been able to contribute to the participatory design cause in some way.”⁣ ⁣ Thank you Jarrod for your kind words! We are nothing without our volunteers — Team work makes the Dream work! ⁣ ⁣ #participatoryarts #designingwithpeople #letsparticipateSG
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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)