Every day, various stimuli affect our well-being, but our sensory needs are so unique that it is difficult to describe them, and even more so, to create products that will be friendly and universal at the same time. Therefore, how to use creative practices to discuss matters of comfort? Are co-design and democratic design effective tools for creating solidary products that have the potential to improve users' well-being?

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The Sensory Storytelling project was conducted in collaboration with a group of 12 adult autistic students from the Share Community in London. The project focused on studying users’ sensory preferences within an educational environment and aimed to collectively design school decoration elements that would improve students' well-being and help them manage stress through multisensory therapy and stimulation. The main part of the project was a series of workshops and testing sessionsthat included discussion, art activities, and working on pictograms and worksheets. During the meetings, mostly non-verbal, students learned about various methods to effectively communicate and visualise their needs. The project resulted in creating a collaboratively designed, modular textile set for group sensory integration therapy, which will be returned to the school and further tested in terms of their functionality.