The inclusion Zone
The Inclusion Zone is a speculative design project, made with Danial Qaurooni, that explores design in the context of toxic landscapes, such as Chornobyl. The designs included in this project aim to imagine and inspire new ways of thinking about the role of technology in the environment. For example, a lantern that augments tree communication by processing and spreading pheromones for trees in urban space, a set of radiation detection devices that alert animals of the most dangerous places in mostly human-less environments such as Chornobyl and Fukushima, and future-food products that process radioactive material by putting small amounts into common food products, such as flour, sugar, and tea.
This work was published as a pictorial at the Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS) 2020. This project was funded by Indiana Humanities (NEH) and exhibited at the I Fell Gallery in 2019.
Gallery Images
The exhibit consisted of different interactive designs and was set up to encourage participants to engage with and play with each object. Posters and other printed materials helped shaped the experience of the gallery. Included below are images from the exhibit’s opening night.
Participants explore the designs at I Fell.
Plantypus, the autonomous plant.
A variety of posters highlighted the different designs and showcased the theory behind the exhibit.
Radiation and detection device for animals #1.
Radiation and detection device for animals #2.
Bee Wellness Complex.
Food computer.
A poster highlights the experience of returning to Chornobyl.
Setting up the show.
This part of the exhibit utilized unfinished designs and encouraged participants to pick and build things of their own.
Campaign poster for Eat Your Pollution.
Viewing the designs at the gallery.
Eat Your Pollution and Bee Wellness Complex welcome visitors to the gallery space.
Eat Your Pollution, a campaign to redistribute radioactive waste.
Examining the Food Computer.
Packaging design from Eat Your Pollution campaign.
Early sketches were included in the exhibit to highlight our process.
Gallery opening night.