Plant Pals (2022)
This university project is a response to the theme of ‘climate justice’, engaging in emergent design research practices within our local area. Through creative mark making, imaginative thought experiments and photography, I aimed to map out connections between people and plants and was drawn to the lined forms of banana leaves.
Plant Pals takes the idea of a pen pal and turns it into a reflective and imaginative activity where we can grow closer to the flora around us. It asks one to think beyond the human scale, encouraging one to share the synergy of coexisting on Mother Earth.
This letter set was designed to be utilised in communal spaces, including schools and community centres to share memories of plants intergenerationally. This project leaves space for knowledge enrichment from Darug Elders, artists and knowledge keepers in proposed collaboration with the Blacktown City Council.
A Plant Pals letter set includes a lined paper with the lines of a banana leaf as guide, a small envelope and stamp sticker
A prototype of the Plant Pals experience where fellow visual communication students engage in writing a letter to a plant of their choice using a series of reflective prompts
This design is part of the student learning experience in 87011/87831 Visual Communication and Emergent Practices Autumn 2022 in the Faculty of Design Architecture and Built Environment (DAB) University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and is not a professional design outcome.
This project was developed under the guidance of Elders, Cultural Advisors, Research Advisors and Studio Leaders and is not for public use (exhibition, web-based platform or otherwise) without obtaining adequate permissions.