RSA Student Design Awards:
The RSA Student Design Awards is a global curriculum and annual competition for higher education students and recent graduates run by the RSA. Each year the Awards challenge emerging designers to tackle a range of design briefs focused on pressing social, environmental and economic issues.
The Brief - Citizens as Shapers:
Participation in public decision making, voter turnout and trust in politicians is low through- out Western democracies. With populism and distrust in public institutions rising, many people report feeling that traditional systems and structures are irrelevant to their lives.
Citizens are rarely engaged with the people making public decisions that affect them
– even though they are often closer to the problems than those developing the policies to tackle them. This divide between policymakers and citizens means that there is a huge un- tapped resource of creativity and insights that could be harnessed, to ensure democracy isn’t just about a mass compromise when elections come around.
– even though they are often closer to the problems than those developing the policies to tackle them. This divide between policymakers and citizens means that there is a huge un- tapped resource of creativity and insights that could be harnessed, to ensure democracy isn’t just about a mass compromise when elections come around.
Design a solution that harnesses digital tools to increase the quantity and quality of citizens’ participation in democratic processes.
My Role:
As the Creative Strategist and Group Leader of this project, I conceptualised the idea, and directed the creative direction and vision for Singapolis. I also designed product features and functions, including the gameplay mechanics of StateCraft and the synchronous communication mechanics of Coffee-Shop Talk respectively.
