MONO-MATERIAL TROWEL


My team redesigned a gardening trowel that’s a more sustainable, ergonomic, and stylish alternative.

Over the span of three weeks, we created mockups  that experimented with different handheld grips. We also did heavy material research and asked people with gardening experience to test our most confident prototypes.

Through feedback and agreement, we chose to create a trowel made of recycled aluminum. It has several gaps and curvatures on the grip for comfort. And it’s lightweight.







PEN AMERICA: WORKS OF JUSTICE 3D POEM

In collaboration with my classmate, Lauren Lee, we created a 3-Dimensional diorama that illustrates the narrative behind the poem Letters From Daddy by Demetrius A. Buckley 

This poem was written by a strong-willed man currently serving time in prison. From his cell, he’s cultivated this powerful poem in the format of a letter. He addresses his daughter, who was a newborn at the time of his detainment.

Although we wanted to redesign this work of art 3-Dimensionally, we were so touched by the story that we chose to perserve the full writing and integrate it subtly into our final presentation.  






SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK: WHAT’S MISSING? MONUMENT


My team and I worked for 8 months to develop this gargantuan monument that antagonizes the 3 infamous Christopher Columbus statues displayed publicly across New York City.

We included mirrors in the interior so people can reflect on who Columbus was. And, to see ourselves and think about a world we’d still be a part of; a world where Columbus isn’t worshiped. We named our monument “What’s Missing?” It felt like a phrase that could be posed as a question in many different ways.

It also made you dwell on why we even need these statues when they display one man who did nothing worth praising. Some other states and cities are already ahead of NYC. Chicago, Illinois removed two Columbus statues because they realized the negative energy it displayed. They peacefully and willingly removed these statues.