We are thrilled to see continued exposure of our video project “You are Here: Wendy’s Welcome to the ED”. Over the past several months we’ve had the great privilege of working with Darcy Daniels, her daughter Wendy Wooden and MGH for Children (MGHfC) on this project, which aims to alleviate patient stress in the pediatric Emergency Department. The project was showcased in the Healthcare Design Magazine as they spoke with PAYETTE Associate Principal Stuart Baur.
Stuart Baur knew Darcy and heard about the situation. Baur reached out to coworkers at PAYETTE, and more than 20 people stepped up to volunteer more than 1,500 hours over 10 months to turn Wendy’s story into a short cartoon that walks kids through the ED, being admitted and heading home. Stuart explains in the article that, “It’s a well understood phenomenon that the reduction of stress and the provision of positive distractions have a direct, favorable and measurable effect on the length of patient stays and the overall outcomes experienced by pediatric patients.”
Read the full article.
Related:
Bringing Lines to Life
Animating Architecture
Patient View Institute Recognizes “Wendy’s Welcome to the ED”
Wendy’s Theme: Creating the Musical Score
Compositing Animation, Video and Drawings
The 2025 OpenLAB Boston studio work will be exhibited at Virginia Tech Monday, March 2nd through Wednesday, March 4th.
Please join us for the following events on Monday, March 2nd:
11:00am - Lecture with Parke MacDowell
1:00pm Lobby talk with Kevin Sullivan
This year’s studio identifies seven sites along the frayed edges of Boston’s Greenway. The Greenway is a one-mile-long linear park running through the heart of the city, reconnecting downtown Boston with its waterfront. Many of the parcels along its edges remain undeveloped and present mute, blank facades to the public realm. Addressing and repairing these edges through acts of infilling, layering, grafting, framing, and placemaking is the core focus of the studio—SUTURE.