Restroom Refresh Hannah Joy Root

Rest Room Refresh by Hannah Joy Root

The d.school’s Environments Collaborative popped up again this year to apply fresh designs and paint to a couple of our restrooms. Bathroom-goers can either enter a California coastal redwoods forest or an Indo Pacific coral reef en route to their favorite stall.

Unlike the rest of our spaces that sees a lot of movement and redesign with the movable furniture and fixtures, our bathrooms are fixed. The new designs are meant to feel alive and take visitors on a micro–vacation (a theme carried on from the previous designs). Due to the covid-19 shutdown there’s one piece still unfinished: elements of education. When we return, we will add life–sized animal decals in the stalls, cool facts about each ecosystem, and ways we can all contribute to their conservation.

The illustrations were done by Xiao Mei and the project was managed by Hannah Joy Root. Painting was executed by Xiao and Hannah Joy.

Stay Tuned: Two more restrooms will be getting their refresh once covid-19 building access restrictions have been lifted. Be on the lookout for our solar system and watershed themed restrooms, illustrated by Ian Moore.