Make the city yours is an idea I heard of while visiting Smiling Hogshead Ranch over the summer. The Ranch started off as a guerrilla garden, a form of direct action to reclaim the commons. This made me think about the ways in which design can alter public spaces in the modern city. Specifically, what ways can design be used to intervene and transform mundane spaces into something more dynamic and more human for its inhabitants? Here’s my quick attempt at addressing this situation.