Save Our City: Vancouver Downtown Eastside





Save Our City: Vancouver

Downtown Eastside


NextDoor®


NextDoor®


NextDoor®


NextDoor®

Year
Year
2025
2025
Sector
Sector
Social Service
Social Service
Type
Type
Branding
Branding

Let's bring back
East Hastings.

Let's bring back
East Hastings.

Let's bring back
East Hastings.


As someone who lived in Vancouver before, I genuinely love the city but then felt very disheartened to see headlines calling it "Vancouver a Zombie City". This project comes from this uncomfortable feeling, and from the belief that change is needed, especially for those who lives in the area.
As someone who used to live in Vancouver, I genuinely felt very dishearten to see news putting on header "Vancouver a Zombie City". The change is needed.
As someone who used to live in Vancouver, I genuinely felt very dishearten to see news putting on header "Vancouver a Zombie City". The change is needed.
About
When you're living on the streets, no phone, no internet, how do people know what's going on? and not knowing anything is scary. Every day and night is full of uncertainty, having to be on crisis-mode. NextDoor builds predictability and visibility through information accessibility and wayfinding system.
Approach
A sense that no help is coming. Feeling like an outcast, not part of the system or society. Not fully understanding what’s happening, everything feels unstable and uncertain. The first step is finding a calmer state of mind, knowing that you can predict what's coming is the key.
End Note
While this topic has a lot to do with systematic issues,
I believe using practical design that better communicates to the citizen would go a long way :)

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