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Connecting With Places

Meng Shiuan Lin

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I am a graphic design student who likes experimenting with materials to create interactive and tangible projects. I find interesting topics related to double perspectives, illusions and multiple interpretations and try to implement these in my work.

I am a graphic design student who likes experimenting with materials to create interactive and ta...

Have you wondered what makes you connect with a specific place? Have you ever felt that you belong more somewhere else? That is what I wanted to find out in Connecting With Places. This project was a way for me to solve the uncertainty in deciding where I should stay in the future, and I hope it can serve as guidance for those who feel the same, helping them understand their desired place.

Final work

A blue map that shows central London with a box that has different categories written on it.

1. What do you like about living in London?

This is an interactive map that invites people to put up stickers. Depending on the category, each colour represents something different. The aim is to learn what makes someone like living in London.

  • Red and blue glasses, the cover of the publication and their packaging.
  • Hands holding a red coloured film about to lay over the publicaciones page.
  • Hands holding the red coloured film over the page, revealing the hidden message.

Connecting with places booklet (how to read it version)

Please watch this video to see how the publication works.

  • 4 multisensorial cubes layed on a tableboard.
  • Hand touching the "press" button of one of the cubes.
  • Zoomed-in picture of the cubes.

Research and process

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Connecting With Places

Have you wondered what makes you connect with a specific place? Have you ever felt that you belong more somewhere else? That is what I wanted to find out in Connecting With Places. This project was a way for me to solve the uncertainty in deciding where I sh...

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