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design practice

Parallelum

⏤ By crafting future-facing narratives and artefacts I create parallel worlds evoking new views, emotions and responses. My role is to imagine and inspire, inviting stakeholders on a journey of discovery.​​

The bird that couldn't sing the future

The bird that couldn't sing the future

⏤ A short story presented as a video-audiobook, part of the FOODSCAPES: For Regenerative Futures project for Waitrose and Leckford Estate.

Association:
Waitrose and Leckford Estate
John Lewis Partnership

Design Futures Cards

Design Futures Cards

⏤ A strategic tool for industry professionals to explore future scenarios, spark innovation, and support ideation and scenario planning through guided prompts and speculative thinking.

Association:
John Lewis Partnership

Futures Constellation

Futures Constellation

⏤ Curated a repository of signals, themes, and scenarios. A dynamic tool for mapping foresight research and curating complexity through Societal, Technological, Environmental, Political, Economic, and Cultural (STEPEC) lenses.

Association:
John Lewis Partnership

AuraForest

AuraForest

⏤ Internationally exhibited speculative project questioning humanity’s ties to living entities through a digital Library of Scents, exploring the liminal space between sensual and digital worlds.

Association:
RCA
Exhibitions:
London Design Festival, Dutch Design Week, BioArt Laboratories, RCA2021 show, Poznan Design Festival

60seconds

60seconds

⏤ Short video series showcased at the 60Seconds Festival: After Is Now, The Wrong Biennale

Exhibitions:
60Seconds Festival: After Is Now
The Wrong Biennale

Unsafe Hand

Unsafe Hand

⏤ A symbiotic future manifesto from a non-human perspective.

Association:
RCA
Presentations:
RCA show

Love letter from the Future

Love letter from the Future

⏤ My Dearest Past,

Association:
RCA
Presentations:
RCA show

Cycles of the body

Cycles of the body

⏤ Design research on "Communication of mood between cycles and modernity" BA dissertation awarded distinction (SWPS, 2016).

Distinction:
SWPS
Talks:
Design Indaba

Not One

Not One

⏤ Showcased on the Tate Modern: Stage on Screen, my performance Not One explores political questions about society’s relationship with disability, mental health, and beauty standards.

Exhibitions: Tate Modern stage on screen,
Finalist of 23. Festival of Polish Music Video Yach Film

Phygital Sensorium

Phygital Sensorium

⏤ A sensory-driven changing room concept that enhances retail inclusivity through ASMR-inspired soundscapes and adaptive visuals.

Association:
John Lewis Partnership

NOVŌ the city as a platform

NOVŌ the city as a platform

⏤ An exploration of the future of personalised interaction, redefining the city as a platform and shifting the focus from customers to citizens.

Association:
John Lewis Partnership

BIO-PARALLELS

BIO-PARALLELS

⏤ A distinction-awarded dissertation (RCA, 2020) exploring the rebuilding of empathy between humans and non-humans through design, focusing on the perception of belonging and reconnection with nature.

Distinction:
RCA
Talks:
University at Buffalo (NY), RCA, Tischner Eu University, RCA show

Future Household

Future Household

⏤ A future-oriented project informing customer strategy by envisioning the evolving household, rethinking family roles, and addressing their emerging needs through preferred future scenarios.

Association:
John Lewis Partnership
Talks:
Northumbria and Kingston University

PARALLELUM

PARALLELUM

⏤ A bio-capsule concept where the user is bestowed restorative benefits while giving a consumption break to the planet.

Exhibitions:
Dutch Design Week, What's Next British Council and AMI,

Body Fluid

Body Fluid

⏤ A speculative project and special award winner at the Far Future Grand Challenge 2020 by Logitech, CERN, and RCA.

Awards:
Far Futuring The Grand Challenge by Logitech, CERN, RCA
Exhibitions:
RCA 2020 show

RITU

RITU

⏤ Ritual scent distributors. A cycle of jewellery items filled with three aromatic substances: garden sage, clary sage and animal musk...

Association:
SWPS
Exhibitions and awards:
The winning design of Fashion Jewellery Art & Fashion Forum, Design Indaba, Dutch Design Week, Vienna Design Week, MakeMe! Contest finalist, See & Say show,

DermaForest

DermaForest

⏤ An ongoing investigation into biomaterials that questions the lifespan of valuable products and the use of natural resources.

Association:
RCA
Presentations:
RCA show

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