PETS & PALS
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“Currently, 1 in every 8 individuals in the US is over age 65. The elderly population will more than double between 2000 and 2030. By 2030, 1 in every 4 individuals will be over age 65.”
- Steuben Senior Services Fund

Pets & Pals is a program that encourages companionship through tactile stimulation. Due to technological advances that have brought those afar closer, it has also create a widening gap between those within reach. By bringing lonely senior citizens and refuge animals together, both parties are surrounded by physical contact so surely yearned for. The design includes both the identity and the program itself.

This case study involved local Philadelphia resources such as the Philadelphia Senior Center and the Morris Animal Refuge.













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