W/purpose was commissioned by Midtown Indy to complete a “Pedestrian Streetscape Railing” prototype. This project aims to compliment the new Red Line rapid transit development while addressing some challenges that arise from the new project. The Red Line will run from Broad Ripple through downtown Indianapolis to […]
Category Archives: Installation | Public Design
RIDE BETTER, FEEL BETTER
See Vimeo Video of Cultural Corridor Consortium (LINK HERE) As part of a six-month community engagement process, urban design team w/purpose designed and fabricated various-scaled pinwheels as a creative vehicle to spur conversation and exchange between residents, stakeholders, and the Purple Line Rapid Transit engineers. […]
Warren High School Public Bench
Warren High School’s Advanced Placement art class undertook a six-month long “design-thinking†project that led students to create two public artworks through a collaborative, problem-solving process now used in industries including health care, software design, industrial design, and even public policy. The “Creating with Confidence: […]
Flow
**Link to Reconnecting Our Water Ways Interview w/ Wil Marquez** FLOW is a motion-sensitive design installation that addresses the severity of the water pollution crisis present in today’s society through the use of music. FLOW is reminiscent of a time with plenty of musical flow: […]
Bugs iN Motion
iMOCA POP UP Exhibit w/purpose imagined a temporary yet highly public outdoor installation that combines two of their offices favorite elements – light and motion. Our studio wanted to celebrate the biodiversity of the waterway by designing a method to “illuminate” or draw attention to a […]
NON-STOP
Over ten years ago the Near West side of Indianapolis presented itself as an area in early transition. By researching its rich and diverse past, it was clear that the phenomenon of being lost and rediscovered is very much part of the Near West […]
PURPOSE PARK
In 2013, w/purpose was commissioned by Keep Indianapolis Beautiful to work alongside local partners who were motivated to transform a vacant property on the West side of Indianapolis. A vacant property was awarded as one of KIB’s Project Green Space Grant. The creation of Purpose Park […]