Cultivate

My last semester of grad school, I designed a plant service for mental health. I don't have a green thumb, but I love the ritual of taking care of plants. Through this, I realized the similarities between taking care of yourself and taking care of plants. Lead Designer Pre-Accelerator Program Finalist A history of stigma created an unrealistic view of mental health. This tension makes building a relationship with mental health inaccessible to many black people. Though self-care services, like Headspace, aim to make understanding the mind more accessible for many people — none of these services take into account the complexities of race and mental health. Through the metaphor of plant care, CULTIVATE breaks down mental health concepts into more relatable and digestible bits. Plants are an important piece of CULTIVATE. Though plants have a lot of natural benefits such as purifying the air, plants here are important to serving as a physical representation of mental health. Mental health i

My last semester of grad school, I designed a plant service for mental health. I don't have a green thumb, but I love the ritual of taking care of plants. Through this, I realized the similarities between taking care of yourself and taking care of plants. Lead Designer Pre-Accelerator Program Finalist A history of stigma created an unrealistic view of mental health. This tension makes building a relationship with mental health inaccessible to many black people. Though self-care services, like Headspace, aim to make understanding the mind more accessible for many people — none of these services