University of Michigan

Projects 2024

BacteriaVape™ - Speculative Nicotine Rehab Program

Finalist PRoject

Diamond Na, Katherine Lee, Mari Kamidoi

BacteriaVape™ is a speculative nicotine rehabilitation program incorporating both social methods (education and activities) and specialized BacteriaVape™ devices. By making analogies between the stigmas around both smoking and microorganisms, the project aims to bring people together in a charming and empowering way for individuals to overcome addiction on their own terms.

Dr. Deepa Butoliya is an assistant professor at Stamps School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan. She is a researcher and educator in industrial design and biodesign and design research. Deepa’s research over the past 10 years has focused on critical perspectives and practices in design that are located at the intersection of models of knowledge and critical thinking emerging from multiple and global perspectives. Her research is rooted in exploring critical design practices from the global south and involves exploring the criticality embedded in the ubiquitous and very human practice of Jugaad which is a hindi term for makedo situated under severe constraints.