Engage & Persist

Empathise

Itteration

Exoticism Unwrapped is a project that examines exoticism via a workshop as well as an interactive food exhibit in order to facilitate conversations and discussions about all aspects of exoticism. In this project, we contrast the allure of exotic foreign food as one with extraordinary health benefits with that of unfamiliar cuisines with deep cultural roots that may be unappetizing to American sensibilities.

We did a lot of iterating and spent many days simply brainstorming until we had an idea that we all felt proud of. This likely took up most of our time but was well worth it. I think that my concept development and iteration skills are what grew most during this studio. A large key point of this studio was empathizing, as we were empathising with the cultures whose foods we were making.

Concept Development