Project Five
Meet me at the STEWP!
Community-Based Furniture System
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Oct 2025 - Dec 2025
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Team Project (7)
Responsible for research, interaction concept, form development, and final visualization.
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Woodworking, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
STEWP is a modular public furniture system inspired by urban stoops, designed to create informal gathering spaces where none previously existed.
Context
STEWP! is about creating a gathering space where none existed before.
Iconic in cities like New York, Chicago, and Philly—Stoop fronts are more than a means to enter and exit a home. They’re meeting places for the neighborhood, especially within communities of color. These are places where neighbors talk and greet one another, elders share stories, kids play, hair gets braided, aunties sit and protect the neighborhood, small businesses thrive, food is shared and secrets are told. Stoops are where community naturally forms.
Ask a stranger …
While on the STEWP, try to connect with people!!
You're only a stranger until you ask someone's name.
We are all individual, unique, and worthy of acknowledgement.
Be human! Communicate.
Making Process
Photo in use
