Students will launch the 3D Vejigante-Inspired Mask project by exploring the cultural context of masks, engaging with an authentic audience need, and conducting initial user research through interviews and empathy mapping to understand how mask design can communicate identity and cultural meaning.

Students will synthesize their empathy research about mask traditions and audience needs into a clear, actionable design problem statement for their 3D Vejigante-inspired mask. They will analyze cultural context, geometric requirements, and user feedback to define criteria and constraints that will guide ideation and prototyping.

Students will generate and refine multiple design concepts for their 3D Vejigante-inspired mask by applying geometry, cultural research, and empathy insights. Through structured brainstorming, sketching, peer critique, and user-informed decision-making, they will move from divergent ideas to one clearly justified mask concept ready for prototyping.

Students will construct and refine a full 3D paper prototype of their Vejigante-inspired mask, applying geometric folding techniques and cultural symbolism. Through structured peer critique and documentation in their Design Journal, they will iterate on structure, symmetry, and meaning before moving into final testing and exhibition.

Students will test their 3D Vejigante-inspired masks with authentic users, present as docents during a public exhibition, gather and analyze feedback, and reflect on how geometry, cultural research, and personal identity shaped their final designs.