The Dignity Tent 

Credit: SHAUN ANTHONY                     INTERACTIVE DESIGN      N10526862

            SAMANTHA MENCHIN-SMITH VISUAL COMMUNICATION N9933549

            LEITH WHATMORE                   ARCHITECTURE                  N4158598

            HENRY HUGHES                       INDUSTRIAL DESIGN          N10777741

What could be worse then passing out, drunk, at schoolies and having indelible photographs and videos of you in that state put on the internet for anyone to find, forever?  

Here are some pictures of drunk teenagers passed out on floor that we gathered from the internet. These images will never be erased from the worldwide web; anyone can easily search up the photos by googling, consequently such shameful, one-off instance of silliness could impact them life-long.

This is the appearance of the Red Frog Dignity tent we have designed. The initiative of our design was to protect the vulnerable teenagers at group events, the design follows five simple guidelines: 

1. Protection while in a vulnerable state 2. Bright color to communicate 3. Quick and easy to pop up 4. Protection from the elements 5. Light weight easy to carry

Here is a scenario of Red Frog volunteer helping drunk teenager at a social event. The vulnerable person is immediately protected from the elements, and from the spectacle they would otherwise be creating at the venue.  Within the contained tent, Red Frogs volunteers can remain with the vulnerable person while they recover, or until their care is handed over to medical personnel.  Then, the tent can quickly be dismantled and taken to the next vulnerable person in need. 

By minimizing the opportunity for publication of young people photographed or videoed in inebriated states, the fanfare and popularity of such imagery may wane, impacting the enthusiasm of the public to engage in the behavior in the first place. 

Yesterday’s news can become precisely that, and the reputations of young people can be protected and preserved.