ANNA BARTLETT · RESEARCH CABINET

01 · INDEX · OPENING THE CABINET

I make invisible
systems visible.

A research cabinet of design work — each folder opens a system I found, mapped, and made tangible.

OPEN THE CABINET ↓

03 · THE WORK — RESEARCH CABINET

FOLDER 01 · STRUCTURAL INEQUALITYFLAGSHIP

Boston Mobility Tapestry

↳ OPEN CASE STUDY

◆ INVISIBLE SYSTEM

How economic mobility is unevenly woven into a city — mapped as a physical textile.

◇ MADE TANGIBLE

A woven tapestry encoding Boston's opportunity gradient, thread by thread.

Data physicalizationResearch synthesisPattern mapping
data physicalizationcivic datacraft
FOLDER 02 · ANXIETYFLAGSHIP

Anosity

↳ OPEN CASE STUDY

◆ INVISIBLE SYSTEM

Anxiety as a system — the invisible weather of an anxious mind, mapped instead of pathologized.

◇ MADE TANGIBLE

A reflective app that turns anxious noise into a navigable map of curious awareness.

Pattern mappingResearch synthesis
mental healthself-knowledgecalm tech
FOLDER 05 · CIVIC / SERVICE DESIGNCASE STUDY

Esplanade Interactive Park Map

↳ OPEN CASE STUDY

◆ INVISIBLE SYSTEM

Wayfinding as an accessibility barrier in an unmarked public park.

◇ MADE TANGIBLE

A tactile interactive map kiosk with a 4-color wayfinding system, audio and Braille.

Service designUser researchPrototyping
accessibilitywayfindingservice design
FOLDER 06 · GENERATIVE SYSTEMSFLAGSHIP

Boston Symphony Orchestra

↳ OPEN CASE STUDY

◆ INVISIBLE SYSTEM

The feeling of a piece of music, encoded as a generative visual system.

◇ MADE TANGIBLE

A parametric identity for a 5-night BSO season — each poster driven by the mood of that night, built in p5.js.

Generative / parametric designPrototyping
generative designp5.jsidentity
FOLDER 07 · AI IN EDUCATIONCASE STUDY

StoryBridge

↳ OPEN CASE STUDY

◆ INVISIBLE SYSTEM

Cross-age literacy as a network — high-school writers and K-8 readers connected so both get what they need.

◇ MADE TANGIBLE

A platform where teens write original stories and kids read them at their level, with AI as the bridge — never the author.

User researchResearch synthesisPrototyping
AI in educationLiteracyHuman-in-the-loopCross-age networks

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