Metaproject 09 Goes to Sesame Street
July 26, 2019
Fifteen Industrial Design (BFA) students partnered with Sesame Workshop for Metaproject 09, creating modern products around the theme of "Urgency of Play."
![Sesame Street-inspired umbrellas](https://cdn.rit.edu/spotlight/2019-07/CloudSweeperSuminPetalOh.jpg)
Metaproject is the program's annual studio course pairing students with an industry partner to design a product or experience that solves a specific problem. For the 2018-19 collaboration, RIT worked with Theresa Fitzgerald '84 (Graphic Design), vice president of brand creative at Sesame Workshop, the educational nonprofit behind Sesame Street.
*Main image: Cloud Sweeper by Sumin-Petal Oh
![A Sesame Street-themed birdbath](https://cdn.rit.edu/images/inline-images/Metabirdbathedit.jpg)
![An imagination tent design](https://cdn.rit.edu/images/inline-images/ImaginationStationLeiAnnaChin.jpg)
![A toy comprised of a system of connected sticks](https://cdn.rit.edu/images/inline-images/StickConnectorsHannahKim.jpg)
![A kids' outfit meant to get dirty through play](https://cdn.rit.edu/images/inline-images/UniformforPlayHannahGiancola.jpg)
![A quilt with characters on it](https://cdn.rit.edu/images/inline-images/BlanketBuildersBrendanWu.jpg)
![Colorful reading seats](https://cdn.rit.edu/images/inline-images/ActiveReadingSeatFrankBarletta.jpg)