In 2017, an Atlanta resident approached us with a concern about rats in her neighborhood — there were rats dead and alive, always around, and no one seemed to be doing much about them. Inspired by a project from the University of Michigan called Rat Chat, we began developing the RatWatch project in Atlanta. The […]
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Careful Coding
Careful Coding, is an ongoing collaboration with Block by Block—a neighborhood organization founded in the English Avenue neighborhood of Atlanta. Through the project we are exploring the design and use of tools, processes, and tactics for resident led data collection. Specifically, the project focuses on the collection of code violations: residential and commercial properties that […]
Fruit Are Heavy
Designing and prototyping low-cost, low-fidelity technologies and services to support foraging as part of a diverse community economy
Designs for Foraging
A multi-year partnership with a local foraging collective, through which we are exploring how to design to support diverse economies and informal systems of care
PARSE ATL
Engaging residents, municipal workers, and other stakeholders through participatory design to explore the potentials and issues of smart city technologies and services