One thing people have in common is a birthday. This concept will allow people to experience diverse attitudes across cultures, geographic locations, and age ranges through the commonality of birthdays.

1. Pascal Lola & Shad Gross | PROJECT 8 | Digital Imagery as Material of Design Prototype Sketching for Diversity | SKETCH
Commonality
Strangers feel more comfortable in superficially familiar
groups. This creates a common ground.
Hidden Commonality
Aspects of individuals that are similar can be hidden. This
common ground could bring people who have differ-
ences together.

2. Pascal Lola & Shad Gross | PROJECT 8 | Digital Imagery as Material of Design Prototype Sketching for Diversity | FINAL
Birthdays
One thing people have in
common is having a birth-
day. This concept will allow
people to experience diverse
attitudes across cultures,
geographic locations, and
age ranges through the com-
monality of birthdays. This
design:
1. Lets you update your
“status” on your birthday.
You can share an image and
leave a reflective comment
for that birthday.
2. You get to see what others
are doing. For example, I can
browse a different geograph-
ical location, age range, etc...
Data can readily be obtained
from social media sites to
obtain a broad picture, while
users must join to see posts.
Just a small gathering with some friends I’m so excited, I hope I get what I want for
my birthday!
Oh no, I’m losing my hair. I really hate get-
ting older.

3. Pascal Lola & Shad Gross | PROJECT 8 | Digital Imagery as Material of Design Prototype Sketching for Diversity | ATTRIBUTION
Primary Attributions
images:
Gross, S. D. Bloomington IN 2011.
Lola, P. T. Bloomington IN 2011
Secondary Attributions
Screen Capture : Google Maps retrieved from
http://maps.google.com on 03.28.2011.