Parti Eco : Activations for Accessible Education

By Swati Piparsania, Joshua Cruz, Chin-Ming Chang, Tosha Sambhus, and Ashlee Fong

"Parti-Eco focuses on design for accessible education. This practicebased research lab fosters dialogue around sustainability practices, shared futures, and community building. It engages design methodologies that support action-based research through participatory activities and event-based learning.

Parti-Eco x Climate Stories

Environmental education remains inconsistent and limited within the United States public school system despite the urgency of climate change and growing ecological inequities. Climate Stories is a design-led approach to environmental education for children aged 7–11 to bring . The project introduces hands on play and storytelling, to connect narratives of communities affected by climate change with interactive learning tools such as toys, miniaturized models, and story-based props. Toy concepts integrate environmental education into early and elementary education to encourage individual and collective climate action and cultivate children as advocates for environmental justice. Toys are designed to introduce concepts of composting, waste separation, renewable energy, and water conservation. By directly interacting with children through partnerships with schools demonstrates community engagement strategies and building of spiral curriculum.

Parti-Eco x Pratt Mobile Library

Developed in collaboration with Pratt Institute Library, the Pratt Mobile Library explores how portable design structures can facilitate public space learning and expand access to library resources through themebased pop-up events and book displays across campus. The project investigates mobile education practices and migratory forms of exchange that support exploratory knowledge-building beyond traditional library environments. Structurally designed to store, transport, and display books, the cart is a flexible form that accommodates upto 30 books and incorporates modular display with pegboard shelving and an umbrella attachment for outdoor use. The project followed an industrial design research process that included sketching, modeling, testing, prototyping, and feedback with librarians. Funded by the Pratt Institute Library, the project team included Russell Abell, Elizabeth Berg, Alex Austin, and Industrial Design student assistants Isabelle Liu and Miles HubbardZarick."