Designing the Unseen looks at how the simplest objects in our lives quietly shape the way we relate to one another. We rarely think about the things we touch every day, yet they choreograph our movements, routines, and the small social moments that hold a community together. This project starts with a simple question that becomes more complex the longer you sit with it: what if we redesign the familiar so that it creates opportunities for us to interact with one another again?

The Everyday Vinyl investigates how co-creative artistic production fosters community building, belonging, and resilience through the act of participation. Lim explores community co-creation firstly in the form of a collective mural, and secondly in the production of a short film. The Everyday Vinyl enables participants to get hands-on experience in community collaging via a series of workshops, to produce a co-created mural made of repurposed vinyl sticker discards. This work draws from previous iterations carried out during Singapore Art Week (2023 & 2024), and at NTU Gallery (2023).