Students will launch the Thanksgiving gratitude design challenge, conduct direct user interviews about Thanksgiving experiences and gratitude, and create evidence-based empathy maps that ground future problem definitions in real perspectives.

Students will synthesize their Thanksgiving and gratitude user research into clear, evidence-based problem statements that define a specific user, need, and insight to guide their upcoming art and storybook designs.

Students will generate a wide range of user-centered solution ideas for their gratitude storybooks and exhibition installations, then narrow to high-potential concepts grounded in interview evidence and clearly articulated user needs.

Students will build and refine low- and medium-fidelity prototypes of their interactive gratitude storybooks and exhibition installation components, test them with authentic users, and document iteration decisions grounded in user feedback.

Students will conduct a final validation test of their Thanksgiving gratitude storybooks and team installations with new users, refine their prototypes based on real feedback, and present their full human-centered design journey—connecting historical research, gratitude psychology, mathematical art techniques, and user insights—to an authentic audience during the Gratitude Showcase.