Yaw Ofosu-Asare
yaw ofosu-asareliving archive / design as relation

work

Projects where design meets public systems, teaching, and climate justice.

Research, design, and teaching projects that work across emergency communication, curricular change, institutional design, and community infrastructures.

This part of the archive is less about a portfolio of outputs than a record of situated interventions.

research project

2025

active

Integrated Digital-Physical Safe Spaces

A disability-inclusive climate disaster preparedness project spanning physical refuge, information design, and community coordination.

climate justiceaccessibilityemergency systemsresearch

teaching project

2025

active

Studio as Commons

A teaching project that rethinks the design studio as a site of collective responsibility rather than individual extraction.

studioteachingcommonspedagogy

design project

2024

published

Emergency Interfaces for Care

A design study of how emergency interfaces communicate urgency, care, trust, and inclusion.

interfacecarepublic informationsafety

teaching project

2024

published

Teaching African Design Histories

A curricular initiative that recentres African design histories, methods, and references in the classroom.

curriculumAfrican designhistoryteaching

research project

2026

active

Relational Infrastructures Lab

A research platform for studying design as the coordination of public relations, services, environments, and care infrastructures.

infrastructureresearchpublic systemscare

grant

2025

active

Climate Memory Atlas

A grant-supported initiative connecting climate memory, archival practice, and community storytelling.

grantclimatememorycommunity research

research project

2026

in-progress

Community Weather Rooms

A concept for neighbourhood-scale weather rooms that combine sensing, communication, and community care during climate stress.

climatecommunitypreparednessresearch