Elevating community voices to create a uniquely DC exhibit

With the modernization of its landmark building in Washington DC, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library wanted to create a new exhibit space that would be a home for local DC stories, past and present. To ensure that the design of this exhibit met the needs and hopes of community members, we led an intensive community engagement and research process.

After eight months of generative design research and prototyping of exhibit concepts with community members, we delivered to DCPL blueprints and a guidebook to provide a framework for community engagement and five-year plans for all key exhibit experiences—to sustain and to elevate a community-centered exhibit within the MLK Library.

In 2022, our work won Core77's Notable Design for Social Impact Award.

• Won Core77's Notable Design for Social Impact Award, 2022
• Project featured at DC Design Week, 2022