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.
How it all SNAPS together
Submission Process
Step 1: Watch the Prompt video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GhQ9ooR3ugQ
Step 2: Put down your idea as a response in any medium of your choice. This could be a sketch, a model, or an Instagram reel/story/post
Step 3: Share it with the world by
uploading it to 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 #LearningByDoing #ParticipatoryDesign #CommunityArchitecture #InteractiveDesign #LearningThroughPlay #HumanCenteredDesign
Filling out 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 out 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
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Universal Design / Accessibility
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Sustainability / Climate Justice
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Traditional Wisdom
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Design Literacy
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Affordable Design
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Social Justice
CONTEXT
Design is often locked away in technical drawings and jargon that feel out of reach for most people. Yet, it quietly shapes everyone’s lives — from the mason mixing cement on-site, to the shopkeeper arranging goods in a tiny stall, to children learning better when their classroom is well-lit and ventilated.
Concepts like scale, orientation, and space management may sound abstract, but they directly affect comfort, safety, and efficiency in daily life. If these ideas could be decoded and explained in simple, playful, and interactive ways, communities could make smarter choices, avoid unsafe practices, and see design as an everyday tool rather than an expert’s secret.
India already has a culture of learning by doing — whether through street games, puzzle toys, or DIY kits at the local bazaar. What if we borrowed these formats to make design knowledge accessible and enjoyable for all?
Design Prompt
Create a game, flashcard, or DIY model that explains one design idea in a way that anyone — child, worker, or community member — can instantly understand.
Examples to spark your imagination:
A card-matching game where players pair everyday activities with the best design solutions (e.g., cooking corner + cross-ventilation, reading space + daylight).
A foldable paper kit showing how rooms can be rearranged for privacy or light.
A DIY balance scale model that explains structural load — showing why some materials or spans are safer than others.
A sun path exercise where residents “follow the sun” through their house at different times of the day, using playful markers or sketches, to learn how orientation changes comfort and light.
The idea is not to complicate, but to translate design knowledge into play so that communities can understand, remember, and apply it in real life.
Jessica Yuan on Design Literacy for Snap Studio Prompt 4: Design to Explain
About BAC
The Boston Architectural College began as a professional club in 1889. In 1971, they became the first accredited architecture program with a work component in the US. Since then, they have introduced programs in interior architecture, landscape architecture, and design studies.
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In the dynamic world of architecture, design, and construction (ACED), staying updated with the latest techniques and materials is crucial. Ethos | Acedge has been at the forefront of providing quality education and nurturing young talents in the industry since 2017, while Ethos has been working on outside-the-classroom efforts since 2002. With a mission to instill essential human values alongside professional skills, Acedge has emerged as a trusted online education platform for architects and designers across the country.
