This project investigates how foundational design education can integrate material exploration and spatial thinking to build both technical skill and reflective insight. Through a sequential studio process, beginning with observational drawing and progressing through carving, casting, and narrative development, first-year students cultivate process literacy grounded in tactile making. The project revitalizes analog traditions while incorporating contemporary storytelling and time-based media, presenting a holistic pedagogical approach. Aligned with the theme “Where Legacy Meets Future,” it demonstrates how hands-on experiences can bridge physical and digital fluency, fostering design literacy that extends beyond aesthetics to support critical, embodied, and interdisciplinary design thinking.