Along Highway 1, the small coastal town of Moss Beach has found itself with eleven new residents. Ten of these are first-year design students in Stanford’s Design Impact Master’s Program (the 11th being a fiancé), who’ve decided to shelter in place together amidst the pandemic. The students roam the grounds of three next-door properties tended to lovingly by residents Millieanne and Bobbe Sue. They’ve found themselves in a perpetual state of living between Zoom calls—filling their breaks with live-stream-led group workouts, late night gastronomical gatherings in the kitchen, and breathtakingly breezy sunsets at the beach.
Each year, the Design Impact Program hosts an exhibition called Reframe to feature individual projects from students in the program. Formerly called the Joint Program in Design, this program dates back 60 years. The exhibition is an opportunity for students, who typically work in product design teams, to express themselves through individual projects. Typically all program alumni as well as family and friends are invited to join in person. However when the pandemic struck, the exhibition was put on hold before eventually finding its new venue online. The theme this year: Reframe [Un]muted, is a playful reference to the new jargon of our virtual world. This video documents how these students create, reflect and support each other in the 48 hours leading up to the event, all while juggling classes, teaching assistant positions, and a rapidly changing world.
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