Welcome to SNAP Studio!

Snap Studio is where design meets play – a hands-on series of 6 mini design challenges that blends learning, creativity, and social engagement. Each of the short engagements invites you to explore, imagine, and design for change. Each SNAP engagement blends creativity, curiosity, and social impact to bring together real design themes. This also allows participants to gain early access to the BAC ecosystem and join a community of curious minds who believe design can make a difference.

Every SNAP Studio round features a series of mini design prompts – quick, creative, and open-ended. You will receive curated video primers and short briefs designed to spark your imagination.

  • This initiative is about learning to observe, question, and respond to the world

  • Well, it’s that simple

    Watch the prompt, create your idea and share it with the world

  • Here’s what you will discover

    Think glocally, build a portfolio that tells real stories, communication with purpose & adapt and empathize

Submission Process

Step 1: Watch the Prompt video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dg0ooKb4eZ0

Step 2: Put down your idea as a response in any medium of your choice. This could be a sketch, a model, or a instagram reel/story/post

Step 3: Share it with the world by 

  • uploading it Instagram as a story/post/reel on your handle

  • tagging @acedge.in, @thebacboston, and your Institution handle. 

  • Mandatory hashtags: #SnapStudio #BACxAcedge #designforall 

  • Other hashtags that you could add to your upload to increase outreach would be #PlayForAll #DesignForEveryone #InclusivePlay #UniversalDesign #AccessForAll #PlayWithoutBarriers #AccessiblePlaygrounds #InclusiveByDesign

  • filling up a google form so we get your name right for certificates and for ease of streamlining submissions.

In case a participant chooses not to participate via social media, they can fill up the google form only and submit their work. Project relevant images will be shared by the organisers on social media platforms only if consent is given by the participants in the Google form. 

THEMES FOR THE SNAP PROMPTS

  • Universal Design / Accessibility

  • Sustainability / Climate Justice

  • Traditional Wisdom

  • Design Literacy

  • Affordable Design

  • Social Justice

PROMPT 2: Material Autobiography

Sustainability / Climate Justice (SAaTh)

  • Task

    Imagine a material as a hero whose superpower is design. Narrate an episode from the life of this material where it fights for climate justice by rethinking the usage of one everyday object.

  • Format

    Sketch, storyboard, comic strip, or digital illustration. Short story or reflective write-up (max 250 words). Short reel (1 min max).

  • Tag

    #MaterialAutobiography #DesignForThePlanet #ClimateJustice #CreativeClimateAction #EverydayMaterials #MaterialNarratives #DesignThatResponds

CONTEXT

In India, we are surrounded by everyday materials that shape our lives — from the thin plastic bag we bring vegetables home in, to the tarpaulin covering roadside stalls, to the bricks and tiles stacked on every construction site. These materials tell stories of convenience, resilience, and survival — but they also reveal deeper problems: plastic choking our drains, tarpaulin tearing after one season, demolition waste piling up in landfills.

If design is about re-imagining the world, then perhaps the materials themselves should be a part of the conversation — they can become heroes in the fight against climate change. By rethinking the way we use or reuse even the simplest object, we can give the Earth a better future. 

Design Prompt

Imagine a material as a hero whose superpower is design. Narrate an episode from the life of this material where it/he/she fights for climate justice by rethinking the usage of one everyday object (choose from: plastic bag, brick, tile, tarpaulin, demolition waste, or any local material you see daily).

  • How can a plastic bag be reused to make building materials?
  • How can demolition waste be turned into local material?
  • How can one everyday material be used to transform the planet's future? 

J. Davis Harte on Universal Design in Playgrounds for Snap Studio Prompt 1: Every Body Plays:


Need inspiration?

Look at references like the All Ability Park in Vizag, Santhome Park in Chennai, or Mindtree Park in Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park. International examples include inclusive playgrounds in Copenhagen and New York. These case studies show how thoughtful design can transform play into a truly shared experience.

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