Illinois State University

PROJECTS | 2020

Xenobass

Kasey Hayes, Spencer Cadman, Hanna Kim, Julia Schuler

Xenobass uses skin from largemouth bass as a bandage for burn victims. The material contains high levels of collagen to aid healing and a layer of protection to prevent infection.

https://xenobass.design

Finalist Team

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Bottled Biome

Spencer Cadman

This project imagines a future where humans will turn to storing plant life in bottles to salvage what remains of the species until a better environment can be produced that allows cohabitation between humans and plant life. The student imagined out these bottled biomes by creating a self-sustaining terrarium.

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Chameleon DNA

Marcos Hamelin

This project visualizes a CRISPR injection cuff that alters human DNA to visually express mood, based on the nano-crsytal structure of chameleon skin. The use of many needles in the cuff makes the user aware of the pain involved in the procedure and the ethical questions it raises.

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TDCS Futures

Kasey Hayes

This project envisions clothing items in a future where Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) is commonplace. A baseball cap is designed for those who would like to take TDCS treatments discreetly while a TDCS headdress can be used to show wealth, celebrity, and status.

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Microbiome Surface

Julia Schuler

Microbiome Surface speculates a household cleaning product made up of the user’s microbiome.

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Instructor

Devon Ward is an emerging artist, designer, and educator who creates digital and living systems to explore notions of time, place, and identity. His works often rely on speculative allegories that examine current social conditions affected by emerging technologies. Devon received a BFA from the University of Florida then continued on to study at SymbioticA, The Centre for Excellence in Biological Art at The University of Western Australia (UWA) where he earned a Masters of Biological Art in 2014. Devon is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Wonsook Kim School of Art at Illinois State University. He has taught in the School of Design at UWA and in the School of Media, Creative Arts, and Social Inquiry at Curtin University. In 2019 he was honored with UWA’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, for his work teaching biological design, web-based archives, physical computing, and speculative design. Devon’s recent works include: "Gnawing Fields" (2019, The Lobby, AU); "The Tempering" (2019, Cool Change Contemporary, AU); "Vapour Meat" (2019, Philadelphia Museum of Art, US; 2019, 798 Art District, Hyundai Motor Studio, Beijing, CN; 2018, Science Gallery, Dublin, IE | created with Oron Catts); and "Compostcubator 4" (2019, Chronus Art Center, Shanghai, CN; 2019 ZHI Art Museum, Chengdu, CN | created with Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr).