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CHITCHAT

2019
6-month project
installation design
corporate design, stage design

The design installation Chitchat, exposed at Base in March 2019, was born from the project named “What Makes Humans Human?”. The original brief was to create a speculative design installation that would answer the question while stimulating reflection on the keyword: gossip. The concept’s target is to re-evaluate the practice of gossiping, which social and evolutionary importance is often ignored. The installation consists of a floating labyrinth from which one exits by the guidance of audio messages sent to each user’s phone on the Telegram app. The project developed components are divided into: visual identity, coding, and structural-physical part. Through a varied sign system available digitally through Telegram and analogically through stickers, we were able to convey the visual concept of the installation. The coding part was mainly carried out through a Telegram Bot, an automation that was able to interact with the users at the installation through vocal messages and was also able to change the plot according to the users’ answers. Finally, we designed a labyrinth structure that provides users an immersive experience, where they genuinely felt disoriented and seeking a way out.

Flowers in Chania
Flowers in Chania
Flowers in Chania
Flowers in Chania