AudienceTandem is for (1) individuals seeking belonging without pressure, and (2) places willing to make space for it.It is designed for urban LGBTQ+ young adults (18–35) who want a sense of everyday belonging without pressure. This includes people early in their identity journey, introverts, and those who haven’t yet found their people.







Venues don’t always mean safe spaces.


Hana Oji Fay
Assistant Project Manager at The Galante Architecture Studio

We are all afraid of being judged, especially by those you identify with the most. As humans, as social animals, we just want to be around others, without identifying ourselves and without expectations.


Stanley Hainsworth
Former VP Creative Director of Starbucks

In the normal world, queer people are just people. Normalization, in that sense, can be more powerful than visibility.


Joey Zeledón
Designer and Author of Design is Trans






Photographs by Hidhir Badaruddin, Mengwen Cao, Jesse Glazzard, Sarah Mei Herman, Clifford Prince King, Myles Loftin, Oiko Peterson, Michael Sharkey, Richie Shazam







© 2026 You Min Choi SVA MFA Design / Designer as Entrepreneur Program