individual project     2 weeks     Umeå Institute of Design     2023  

  product     design fiction     audiovisuals    UX/UI     post-branding  

Future Bazaar  is a design fiction workshop was developed by Situation Lab and BBC and hosted by  Søren Rosenbak at Umeå Institute of Design. The question during the workshop was: ‘How will life and systems look like in 2048? Post obj. is shaped as an entity in this world using a future-back casting method.

Post obj. is a maker space that works as an open platform
_recrafting technology through collective knowledge

Animal voice translator is an object created by post obj.s open source. The aim is to create an under-standing of the animal world to create a bond with nature in 2048. 

The interface consists of three parts: listening_non human, speaking _human and results from the dialogue as emotional and physical.

I used Touchdesigner to turn the voice into an emotion map. Randomised shapes and the selected color ranges formed embedded sounds that bridge a poetic expression between sound and emotions.

Post obj. identity is designed by using post-branding, which empowers better public communication design for civic and activist groups.

During the project, I gained valuable experiences by designing the physical product and its digital interface together.  This also allowed me to question the possible visualisations on a specific product. Moreover, the future-back casting method made a strong foundation for a future brand which stems from today’s open source and grass roots community movements. 

I used Touchdesigner, node based visual programming language, for the first time to create audio-reactive visuals. The iterations with various node features on audio allowed me to try different visualisations of non-verbal communication.