Pollinate Together
︎Workshop, Product Design, Interactive Design, Visual Identity
︎Workshop, Product Design, Interactive Design, Visual Identity
Spring 2025
Since I came to the US when I turned 14, I have hosted a few origami workshops for different communities that I have been a part of, whether that is at my school, afterschool program at local elementary schools, or a public gallery. I always enjoyed hosting them and creating a place where random encounters and sharing of culture happened.
I wanted to do this in Boston, now with more structure and tools that I designed instead of using store-bought origmi papers. My goal with the use of those tools was to make the experience personal.
The three steps functioned as a structure during my workshop, as well as how I approached the preparation for the workshop and grew during the process:
planting:
You’re nurtured by the values you’re raised with, and you’re just beginning to explore what truly feels like yours. It’s a time of quiet curiosity and self-discovery.
I began following my own interests by crafting stamps from fallen branches at Amory Park—small seeds that eventually grew into the workshop plans.
pollinating:
Sharing ideas expands your social circle and exposes you to diverse opinions, values, cultures, and experiences. As you take in new perspectives, you grow more by shaping your own beliefs.
The growth field icebreaker helped spark conversation and reflection about each person’s unique thoughts. Type your own!
blooming:
Fresh fruits and seeds—your evolved thoughts and values—are ready to be shared and acted upon. You’re reaching a wider radius of the field you’re in, or even beyond in other places in the biosphere.
The pollinators’ collective efforts have led to a full field of ideas and growth!
I wanted to do this in Boston, now with more structure and tools that I designed instead of using store-bought origmi papers. My goal with the use of those tools was to make the experience personal.
The three steps functioned as a structure during my workshop, as well as how I approached the preparation for the workshop and grew during the process:
planting:
You’re nurtured by the values you’re raised with, and you’re just beginning to explore what truly feels like yours. It’s a time of quiet curiosity and self-discovery.
I began following my own interests by crafting stamps from fallen branches at Amory Park—small seeds that eventually grew into the workshop plans.
pollinating:
Sharing ideas expands your social circle and exposes you to diverse opinions, values, cultures, and experiences. As you take in new perspectives, you grow more by shaping your own beliefs.
The growth field icebreaker helped spark conversation and reflection about each person’s unique thoughts. Type your own!
blooming:
Fresh fruits and seeds—your evolved thoughts and values—are ready to be shared and acted upon. You’re reaching a wider radius of the field you’re in, or even beyond in other places in the biosphere.
The pollinators’ collective efforts have led to a full field of ideas and growth!
Name Tag Making
To get started, 16 participants–the pollinators–made pairs of two or three and created name tags for each other.
Growth Field
I used this interactive page to guide the pollinators through the questions and also as an icebreaker. Each page correlates with each origami.
Stamping
I made the stamps from fallen tree branches. They are of growth typeface that I designed. Pollinators stamped their responses to the prompt of growth field on the corresponding origami paper.
Folding
Pollinators folded the origami papers that they designed into a flower. At the end, we put a beautiful field of flowers together.
Reflecting
Pollinators reflected on their interactions with others, and what new value they found.
Final Exhibit
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