The glowing blue light is the heart of the piece for me. It’s both a bioluminescent lure for the mutated fish and a symbol of the cold, artificial nature that has replaced our organic world. The metal surface of the fish body hint at mutation—life and machine irreversibly intertwined. Together, these elements form a tangible warning on our current trajectory of consumption and pollution by presenting a meticulously crafted tool for a future we must strive to avoid.
Detail
The mechanics were intentionally left exposed—the tubes, the pumps, the glowing core—because in this future, there is no room for elegant design, only brutal function. The transparency of the acrylic shell is meant to show everything; there are no secrets, just the complex, fragile systems required to stay alive.
The Gill-Pack
With this piece, I wanted to create a tangible object from a future I hope we never see. It originates from the "Plasticene," a fictional mid-22nd century era where ecological collapse, caused by uncontrollable plastic pollution, has become reality. In this world, events like the Major Circulation Collapse (2085) and the Genetic Pollution Outbreak (2103) have created ocean dead zones and caused aquatic life to gruesomely merge with synthetic polymers.
I designed this backpack not as a sleek product, but as a raw and desperate piece of survival gear. Wore by research scientists, its purpose is to capture and neutralize dangerously mutated fish before they are consumed and enter the human food chain, causing disease.