Blog #7: Audrey Western

Audrey Western is a 2018 graduate of the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, currently working in St. Louis as a Ux/Ui designer at Capacity. She joined our class and shared important themes from her undergraduate senior capstone project, Narrative of Absence—a book she designed as a way to reflect on issues of vacancy and housing segregation in St. Louis. Audrey drew from important sources of inspiration for the content of the book: Colin Gordon’s Mapping Decline, and an interview—White Flight and Reclaimed Memories (October 17, 2017)—on the podcast, We Live Here. Audrey’s book juxtaposes the factual with the personal, creating a more intimate narrative that highlights "feelings of remembrance and longing for what was once present but now empty.”

We spent a few minutes after class chatting with Audrey about the difference between living in St Louis and attending school in St. Louis. Give our podcast a listen to find out more . . .