Cantor Arts Center

In collaboration with the Stanford Cantor Arts Center, our team designed a pilot student art lending service inspired by peer university programs. The project explored how borrowing artwork for dorm rooms could make art more approachable, inclusive, and embedded in students’ daily lives, while remaining sustainable for museum staff.

Through initial interviews with museum staff, we learned that the Cantor already has a lot on their plate, and that any new program would need to be designed with their limited time and resources in mind. This art borrowing program was proposed by the Cantor themselves; however, they needed more information about student interest and needs to justify the program and design it in a way that would be sustainable for them.