Capabilities
- Environments
- Illustration
Objective / Solution
The Medical University of South Carolina is rethinking what is possible in health care through the design and implementation of artwork as a healing tool throughout the spaces of the new Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital.
![Medical University of South Carolina | SDCO Partners](https://archive.sdcopartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Stitch_MUSC2019-110.jpg)
Each floor tells a story through large illustrated wall graphics that reflect a Lowcountry theme.
![Medical University of South Carolina | SDCO Partners](https://archive.sdcopartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Stitch_MUSC2019-90.jpg)
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The main lobby is titled “A Warm Welcome to the Lowcountry,” and subsequent floors offer equally charming Charleston themes.
![Medical University of South Carolina | SDCO Partners](https://archive.sdcopartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MUSC_Floor_02_Cropped-01.jpg)
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The expansive illustrations are welcoming, engaging and offer a visual exploration at each encounter.
![Medical University of South Carolina | SDCO Partners](https://archive.sdcopartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Stitch_MUSC2019-52.jpg)
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Abstract shapes layer together and form a complex yet approachable visual interpretation, which appeal to a broad patient base - from young children to teens to expectant mothers.
![Medical University of South Carolina | SDCO Partners](https://archive.sdcopartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Stitch_MUSC2019-156.jpg)
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Illustrations, a bold thematic color story, and storytelling combine to create spaces of healing while enhancing the patient experience and overall care.
![Medical University of South Carolina | SDCO Partners](https://archive.sdcopartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Stitch_MUSC2019-70.jpg)
The hospital's Youth Patient Advisory Council, a group of teenage patients, made insightful suggestions based on personal experience and endorsed the final illustrations.
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Culminating with the top floor fittingly called “Rooftops Over the Lowcountry.”