Common Grounds x adobe

Revealing invisible connections through shared movement.

Team Lead

Problem

Many people move through the same city every day without ever realising how connected their experiences are. Although thousands of journeys overlap, these shared patterns remain invisible, making urban life feel more isolated than it really is. Common Grounds responds to this by creating an interactive experience where users trace their daily commute, contributing to a growing collective map that reveals the hidden connections between people through shared movement.

Solution

At its core, Common Grounds is about turning individual stories into a community-made visualisation. Every route represents a personal experience, but when combined, they create something much larger than any one person could produce alone. By making these overlapping journeys visible, the project encourages people to see themselves not as isolated commuters, but as part of a wider network connected through the rhythms of everyday life.