KINSHIP IN THE CITY

This year the Future Spaces Foundation chose to research and publish a report on urban loneliness and the built environment. Aimed at the built environment industry, developers, designers, planners and community organisers, the FSF looks to explore how architecture can shape towns and cities of the future. The research provides insights and recommendations to help create vibrant, diverse cities where people can live, work and move around in the healthiest, happiest and most sustainable way possible. I was asked to create a series of illustrations with a positive, people-focused message that looked beyond negative associations with loneliness to inspire a better future with socially cohesive design. The drawings were intended to be used throughout the publication, so it was crucial for them to be adaptable and interchangeable. It was important for my work to be energising and positive to encourage togetherness, social cohesion and community kinship.