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Postcards from Nowhere





A postcard kit to turn trash into mail


year

2024



role

designer


materials
paper



Cards made from trash and found object swith ‘Postcards from Nowhere’






Practical Hurdles

  • The post office seems far away.

  • I don’t have any stamps.

  • The process is so many steps.

  • I have a bunch of things I’ve been meaning to send but I haven’t yet.


Emotional Hurdles

  • Writing letters reminds me of having to write thank you notes.

  • They could keep it forever, that’s a lot of pressure.

  • If I mess up, I buy another card.

  • I don’t know what to write



Sending mail is a lot of work






    JOURNEY MAPPING
















    WHY?In our digital, fast-paced world, writing letters serves as an embodied mindfulness practice with a meaningful, physical outcome 

    Writing and sending a letter is a ritual that almost everyone knows how to do but many rarely practice







     

    How might we make make writing letters feel less burdensome and more casual for long distance friend and family networks?









    IDEATIONPostcards idenitified as entry point:  limited space to write + no envelope = practical and emotional hurdle immeditely addressed




    TESTING
    Using blue fabric as a post card material

    using found fencing as postcard material


    FINAL PRODUCT


    Community mailbox mapping stickers, inspired buy Providence’s fire hydrant markers, direct pedestrians towards the nearest blue USPS box, which are often overlooked.






    Postcard examples 



    How it works

    product packaging no longer needed
             





    -> 
    cut to size
      





    ->
    post card stick on the reverse side



    Peel, stick, cut, send!