This self-driven event tells the stories behind what we see in our visual environment, things we may pass every day and not think twice about. By bringing out their meaning, it highlights their significance.

The sites shown in Characters & Spaces offer us greater depth through the telling of their stories. Seemingly unrelated things are then connected – a style of lettering, a form of architecture, a time in social history, an art movement or even a long-gone Olympic Games.

The Adventure section seeks to involve children in the joy of design through questions and activities*.

If it's within walking distance, we would encourage you to walk the block, experience the stories of these sites first-hand and pose the question – if there is so much richness in just one city block, how many other stories are there to uncover in a whole city?