Stories make us feel seen.Experiences make us feel connected.
We design experiences that bring people into the story -through film, conversation, gathering, and digital participation.
The opportunity
Your people are more than just an audience.
People can be in the same room without really meeting. Important stories can become categories and talking points. We look beneath the assignment to find what could make a deeper connection possible.
One idea.Many ways in.
A story can become a film, a live experience, a public conversation, an exhibition, a digital experience - or something entirely new.
Experience Communal Storytelling
Stories of Shared Resilience: Documentary screening, facilitated conversations, and panel discussion.
Experience History
History of NYC's Chinatown: Six episode series telling the deeper story of a community's history.
Experience Connection through Art
Motion Paper Memories: Using art and storytelling as a way for older adults to reconnect, create, and be seen.
Experience Place in Art
Queens Museum-PS99Q: A collective experience of creativity, collaboration, and pride.
Experience Community Art
A coloring book made by Elders. They create the template for younger generations to color in.
Experience Actualization
Think Design-PS 44 performance workshop: create, perform, and grow.
What the work makes possible
People feel seen.
People connect.
People participate.
Something shifts.
We create the conditions for change, individual and communal.
The Storyjoy Approach
A different way of moving from assignment to experience.
UNCOVER
Find what matters.
DESIGN
Shape the experience around it.
EXPERIENCE
Bring people into it.
TRANSFORM
Make room for something to shift.
The idea behind the work
Joy’s TEDx talk - “The Power of Feeling Seen” →Trusted by institutions bringing people together.
Joy is an artisan weaver. She brings diverse communities together and helps them see the common threads that connect us.
What are you trying to bring people together around?
Let's find the possibility inside it.