spatial systems maps for collective well-being

 

hi, i’m forest. i’m an experiential spatial designer.

i combine ways of seeing from my background in art, architecture, and systems change to translate complex concepts into accessible visuals.

we bridge community comprehension gaps by providing paths for intuitive understanding and minimizing cognitive load for your audiences.

 
 
 

my work creates visual and experiential access to the architecture of complex concepts.

i care about supporting projects that are contributing to our collective well-being.

if your work is making a difference and you need your audiences to understand complex concepts, let’s connect!

 
 
 

let’s talk

i help collective well-being inititatives bridge comprehension gaps by providing audiences with easy access to complex concepts.

if you need help bridging the gap, reach out!

 

 
 

  • “I've had the opportunity to experience forest chaffee's work, and what stands out most is their rare ability to make complex systemic shifts feel both intuitive and deeply human.

    In recent pieces on systemic investing and community land trusts, forest didn't just explain alternative models, they made visible the transition between paradigms. They bring people into that "third space" where we can move from conventional ways of thinking into more relational, systems-based understanding with clarity and care.

    What is often abstract or difficult to grasp becomes embodied through their storytelling. They create access not only intellectually, but viscerally, which is exactly what is needed in this moment. Many people sense that current systems are no longer working, but lack the language or felt sense of what comes next. forest helps illuminate those pathways.

    Their work supports a kind of remembering, reconnecting us to our innate capacity to think in systems and to engage with complexity in a grounded, meaningful way.

    I'm grateful to be in this field of emergence alongside them and would highly recommend forest to anyone working at the intersection of systems change, storytelling, and regenerative futures.”

    Marianne Wyne. Founder & Chief Operating Officer for ThePivot.Earth.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
market-rate housing prioritizes profit over human need producing displacement, instability, and racialized wealth gaps. community land trusts protect from market forces by removing land from the market and holding it in common permanently. homeowne
market-rate housing prioritizes profit over human need producing displacement, instability, and racialized wealth gaps. community land trusts protect from market forces by removing land from the market and holding it in common permanently. homeowne
connection points for aligned resource flows what do our systems look like when we give ourselves a path for investing—in ways that move humanity, and all life on our planet, toward sustainable, collective well-being? this question lead us t
connection points for aligned resource flows what do our systems look like when we give ourselves a path for investing—in ways that move humanity, and all life on our planet, toward sustainable, collective well-being? this question lead us t
systems and networks are complex there’s a sweet spot between context and focus that can support our shared clarity. 3d systems maps enable us to move between visualizing the complexity of larger systems and processing subsystems. these su
systems and networks are complex there’s a sweet spot between context and focus that can support our shared clarity. 3d systems maps enable us to move between visualizing the complexity of larger systems and processing subsystems. these su
3d systems maps support networks in developing shared awareness and acting in ways that hold wholeness with integrity and care. spatial systems mapping reveals implicit elements in our systems that are essential to their wholeness. it’s vital
3d systems maps support networks in developing shared awareness and acting in ways that hold wholeness with integrity and care. spatial systems mapping reveals implicit elements in our systems that are essential to their wholeness. it’s vital
three-dimensional systems maps are a spatial architecture of powerfully relational landscapes. seeing networks spatially helps us to understand relationships, co-creations, impacts, and flows of resources—and to imagine & plan shared acti
three-dimensional systems maps are a spatial architecture of powerfully relational landscapes. seeing networks spatially helps us to understand relationships, co-creations, impacts, and flows of resources—and to imagine & plan shared acti
 
 

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