The ID Social Experience

Strategic Campus Ecosystems

Designing low-pressure, high-empathy student social systems for wellbeing, skill-sharing, and cross-cultural connection

Team Includes; Funmi(me), Amelia, Richa

Challenge Statement

Design school environments often lack casual, structured, and inclusive modes of socialization. Students report feeling isolated, overstimulated, or disengaged outside of class projects.

Strategic Objective

Develop a portfolio of integrated experience models - both physical and digital - that foster social belonging, cultural awareness, reflection, and informal skill exchange at the Institute of Design (ID) and beyond.

System Concepts Developed

CultureQuest

App that gamifies cultural learning through challenges, stories, and quizzes

POPUP-HUB

Rotating informal study/social zones with snacks, cards, and spontaneous interaction

Weekly peer-led skill share events hosted in flexible, creative lounges

COLLAB SPACE

Strategic Levers

SKILL TO SKILL

(students as knowledge producers)

SOCIAL TOUCH POINT

embedded into existing campus flow (QR codes, pop-ups, prompts)

LOW BARRIER

through no-signup, ambient formats

DIGITAL/PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE

(apps + events + signage)

Cultural sensitivity & moderation protocols

to ensure safe interaction

Contact me

2025 Funmilayo Makinde

The ID Social Experience

Strategic Campus Ecosystems

Designing low-pressure, high-empathy student social systems for wellbeing, skill-sharing, and cross-cultural connection

Team Includes; Funmi(me), Amelia, Richa

Challenge Statement

Design school environments often lack casual, structured, and inclusive modes of socialization. Students report feeling isolated, overstimulated, or disengaged outside of class projects.

Strategic Objective

Develop a portfolio of integrated experience models - both physical and digital - that foster social belonging, cultural awareness, reflection, and informal skill exchange at the Institute of Design (ID) and beyond.

System Concepts Developed

CultureQuest

App that gamifies cultural learning through challenges, stories, and quizzes

POPUP-HUB

Rotating informal study/social zones with snacks, cards, and spontaneous interaction

Weekly peer-led skill share events hosted in flexible, creative lounges

COLLAB SPACE

Strategic Levers

SKILL TO SKILL

(students as knowledge producers)

SOCIAL TOUCH POINT

embedded into existing campus flow (QR codes, pop-ups, prompts)

LOW BARRIER

through no-signup, ambient formats

DIGITAL/PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE

(apps + events + signage)

Cultural sensitivity & moderation protocols

to ensure safe interaction

Contact me

2025 Funmilayo Makinde

The ID Social Experience

Strategic Campus Ecosystems

Designing low-pressure, high-empathy student social systems for wellbeing, skill-sharing, and cross-cultural connection

Team Includes; Funmi(me), Amelia, Richa

Challenge Statement

Design school environments often lack casual, structured, and inclusive modes of socialization. Students report feeling isolated, overstimulated, or disengaged outside of class projects.

Strategic Objective

Develop a portfolio of integrated experience models - both physical and digital - that foster social belonging, cultural awareness, reflection, and informal skill exchange at the Institute of Design (ID) and beyond.

System Concepts Developed

CultureQuest

App that gamifies cultural learning through challenges, stories, and quizzes

POPUP-HUB

Rotating informal study/social zones with snacks, cards, and spontaneous interaction

Weekly peer-led skill share events hosted in flexible, creative lounges

COLLAB SPACE

Strategic Levers

SKILL TO SKILL

(students as knowledge producers)

SOCIAL TOUCH POINT

embedded into existing campus flow (QR codes, pop-ups, prompts)

LOW BARRIER

through no-signup, ambient formats

DIGITAL/PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE

(apps + events + signage)

Cultural sensitivity & moderation protocols

to ensure safe interaction

Contact me

2025 Funmilayo Makinde