RIGG Design Prize 2025 NEXT IN DESIGN

This body of work, created in collaboration with my five-year-old niece Harper, speaks to the passing down of cultural knowledge through self-expression. It includes woven wearables: necklaces, bracelets, rings and hair accessories, alongside versions designed and drawn by Harper, scaled to her height. Using traditional weaving techniques and materials like raffia, ribbon and wire, the work reflects how children intuitively engage with identity and storytelling. It reframes play and adornment as powerful tools for cultural transmission. It celebrates cultural continuity, resilience and adaptation, acknowledging that many Indigenous communities have experienced disruption yet continue to find new ways of keeping knowledge alive. Our culture isn’t static – it’s living and breathing in many ways.