UCL / Bartlett Alternative
Opening up the built environment to more voices, ideas and perspectives.
I worked with The Bartlett’s Vice-Dean for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion to create a living digital archive that helps diversify the Faculty’s curriculum.
Big ideas.
A more inclusive built environment begins with a more inclusive curriculum.
The Bartlett wanted to make diverse research, references and creative work more accessible—amplifying underrepresented voices and challenging the conventional narratives that have shaped the discipline.
Simply told.
I developed the strategy for collecting and sharing material from staff and students across the Faculty.
I led the communications strategy and internal launch plan, helping create a shared platform where people could contribute research, references and alternative perspectives. The resulting hub brought together a growing Laboratory of work and a Library of recommended resources.
Lasting impact.
Bartlett Alternative created a collaborative, expanding resource for present and future staff and students.
By making marginalised perspectives more visible, the platform challenges colonial assumptions within the built environment and supports a more diverse, inclusive approach to knowledge production.
Check out full site at bartlettalternative.com. Brand identity and development: Shift Design.
Ensuring the content was available in a mobile friendly way was a key requirement for this project.
The two key areas of the site, Laboratory and Library, were given their own colour identities to help with a visual cue as to what types of content is being consumed.
Check out full site at bartlettalternative.com
“Studio Dhesi was instrumental in supporting us in the delivery of Bartlett Alternative. Their ability to bring together expertise to work creatively and collaboratively allowed the project to move beyond initial expectations. Manpreet was immensely professional and was a pleasure to work with. The project simply would not be possible without this incredibly talented group.”
– Sara Shafiei, Vice-Dean of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, The Bartlett, UCL
The two key areas of the site, Laboratory and Library, were given their own colour identities to help with a visual cue to help inform what types of content is being consumed.