Oldenborg redesign

As a student in Human-Centered Design at the Hive, I was tasked with redesigning an aspect of the Oldenborg Center experience: Pomona College’s multi-lingual housing and dining facility. Together, with students from each of the 5 Claremont Colleges, we engaged with the design thinking cycle to navigate the redesign: practicing empathy, defining the needs of our user, ideating solutions, and prototyping our idea through video.

Oldenborg redesign project video documenting process and prototyped solution. Video edited by Emma Sheridan, voice over by Madison Wagner.

Learning at the hive

The Oldenborg redesign project was 1 of 3 design group-based projects for Human-Centered Design. In the other two projects, I explored redesigning intergenerational communication and the disaster response, recovery or prevention experience.

For each project, we were paired with students from all 5 Claremont Colleges and studying for all different majors. Through this class, I met so many people I likely would not have met otherwise. It was at the Hive where my passion for design thinking was ignited and my creative confidence was reinvigorated. In a recent alumni profile, I reflected on my experience at the Hive and how it prepared me for my career.