07 / Undergraduate project
Antennae Revolution
Two insect-inspired wearable prototypes explore environmental awareness and non-verbal communication.
- Context
- Undergraduate group project · Media Arts and Design
- Discipline
- Wearable Futures / Speculative Design
- Focus
- Biological references and embodied interaction
- Output
- Two wearable prototypes, mechanisms, project film
01 / Research & scenario
Translate biology into a wearable language.
Antennae Revolution explores how insect-inspired wearables might extend human sensing and communication. Research into moth and ant antennae informed two speculative responses to future environmental pressures and social barriers: shoulder armor for environmental awareness and a helmet for non-verbal expression.
02 / Interaction concept
Make sensing and expression visible.
The shoulder prototype uses the position of moth-like antennae to communicate imagined air-quality conditions, with a proposed spray response. The helmet combines articulated antennae and colored lights to represent six emotional states. Its scenarios explore both visible signals to nearby people and contact between two wearers' antennae.
03 / Making & outcome
From imagined function to physical form.
Circuit diagrams, programming, internal mechanisms, 3D-printed shells and assembly photographs show how the concepts developed into physical wearables. Final photography makes the movements and interactions visible. Form, motion and light make the proposed interactions visible for discussion.
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Contact
Based in London, United Kingdom
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Antennae Revolution
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