I look at the projects that Studio H completed as a form of advocacy because all of the projects the class completed benefited the community of Bertie, North Carolina and brought them closer together. Before the birth of Studio H, the inhabitants, especially the students wanted to leave at the first available opportunity. The projects that the students created changed this mindset and made the citizens want to stay. The cornhole boards introduced the town to a fun new game, the chicken coops made raising livestock better and the farmers market allowed the community to come together as one and to help each other.
It is important to think of design as a form of advocacy because designers are supposed to create designs that make life easier. Also, when design is a form of advocacy it allows the designers to know that their hard work and dedication do indeed benefit the lives of others. Design as form of advocacy can only be successful when the designer pays attention to what those around them need and build off of that. The children of Studio H took a step back and looked at what the community needed and what would make it better. All the projects they created made the community happy and brought them all together. It transformed the community to a place that the citizens wanted to leave to a place where they can live happy, successful lives.
When a design makes those around the designer happy and successful, that is when you know that design as a form of advocacy is successful. The citizens all benefited and were made happy again thanks to Studio H and that is how I knew that design advocacy was successful in the town of Bertie, North Carolina.
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