Through user engagement, 4 locations were chosen to research around the city of Detroit: The Dequinder Cut, 8 Mile Wall, African Bead Museum and The Z-lot/The Belt. One shared characteristic between the 4 strikingly different locations was that they housed public, commissioned artwork and attracted an array of people.

User connections are often lost by the digital world. Be a part of our city was designed to connect the CCS community through analog technology, requiring its participants to interact with others they wouldn’t necessarily do otherwise, forming new relationships.