Students will investigate how peers experience and interpret cultural narratives in art, conduct real interviews, and create evidence-based empathy maps that will ground their later sculpture designs inspired by Charles McGee and African-American history.

Students will synthesize peer interview data from their paper sculpture user research into clear, evidence-based problem statements that guide their upcoming design decisions. They will identify patterns across interviews, draft and critique “How Might We” statements grounded in real quotes, and produce a written rationale that becomes the design constraint for their sculpture prototypes and team video.

Students will generate a wide range of sculpture design concepts grounded in user research, then narrow to high-potential ideas that clearly communicate African-American historical narratives through abstraction, pattern, and form.

Students will build and refine testable paper sculpture prototypes inspired by Charles McGee, document user feedback, and revise their designs to more effectively communicate African-American historical narratives through abstraction, pattern, and form.

Students will validate their refined paper sculptures with a new user, document final feedback-driven adjustments, and present their full design journey—from empathy interviews to prototype iterations—through a public exhibition and multimedia presentation.