SOUVENIR

SHOP  🌎



Location contributes an immense amount to how we grow up, develop and feel in the world. It shapes culture, behavior and preferences for everyone, everywhere. Although we don't necessarily choose where we grow up, we carry the lessons learned from those places throughout our entire lives. As we travel and explore the world, we see how different people communicate and live their lives - it opens our minds to things that we never thought were possible. As travel has been limited during the current era, we have felt more deeply the importance of our own homes and craved to get out into the world again and experience other places. All this to say, location plays a significant role in our lives.

Souvenirs are physical objects that often represent places or memories but often fall short of encapsulating the essence of a location. The prompt was to elevate the souvenir through storytelling, process, materiality etc. How can the souvenir be rethought, simplified or enhanced?

Please enjoy our presentation of the Souvenir Shop.



SOUVENIR SHOP 🌎


Location contributes an immense amount to how we grow up, develop and feel in the world. It shapes culture, behavior and preferences for everyone, everywhere. Although we don't necessarily choose where we grow up, we carry the lessons learned from those places throughout our entire lives. As we travel and explore the world, we see how different people communicate and live their lives - it opens our minds to things that we never thought were possible. As travel has been limited during the current era, we have felt more deeply the importance of our own homes and craved to get out into the world again and experience other places. All this to say, location plays a significant role in our lives.

Souvenirs are physical objects that often represent places or memories but often fall short of encapsulating the essence of a location. The prompt was to elevate the souvenir through storytelling, process, materiality etc. How can the souvenir be rethought, simplified or enhanced?

Please enjoy our presentation of the Souvenir Shop.
Growing up, many people don’t have the perspective to see the place they live as unique or significant in any way. Growing up in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona was no different. It felt very normal, and it became the backdrop of my life as I gained experience, grew and learned.

After I left the valley and came back to visit family, I was always struck with how expansive the sky felt. Many days there are no clouds in the sky, and this gradient of blue color feels like it goes on forever. I have found this “headspace” to be extremely inspiring; it gives me room to think and to fill the space with thought and creation.

Airspace attempts to capture that expanse and contain it in a package that can be taken home as a souvenir. Airspace is a wall mounted piece that hearkens back to the expansive blue sky seen above the Valley of the Sun. The intent is that the observer can put this in a place where they can take a moment and remember the peace and inspiration that the cloudless blue sky brings.



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