Purifying Cities, Unifying Communities
This project stems from an interest in measuring and mapping air quality patterns in Dubai, with a higher definition than the static station method. The project consists of a wearable micro-device called Airsense, that people can use to track the air quality around them in real time as they move through their daily activities. The device is connected to an application that aggregates the data distinguishing indoor and outdoor environments using object recognition algorithms.
Airsense / Areeba Shahid (PK), Aaliyah Mohammed (IN), Rand Kachlan (SY/KN), Shamma Al Shamsi (AE), Joanne Hayek (LB), Mirko Daneluzzo (IT), Photo: Areeba Shahid (PK), Aaliyah Mohammed, Rand Kachlan, Shamma Al Shamsi
Areeba Shahid (PK)
Areeba is a cross-disciplinary Product & Multimedia designer. Her work displays visionary ideas for the future of cities: Her passion is to create designs that improve the quality of urban life and foster unique communities through a meticulous design process exploring emerging technologies, groundbreaking software and innovative product designs.
Aaliyah Mohammed (IN)
Aaliyah is a multidisciplinary designer especially interested in the gray area where the digital and the physical collide. Always has been eager to explore different aspects of her practice. Her work has been largely experimental & conceptual–tasters of different scales, contexts, materials and media, fueled by her belief in the value of versatility.
Rand Kachlan (SY/KN)
Rand is a fourth-year student at the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation, specializing in product and multimedia design. With an unwavering passion for design, Rand constantly pushes the boundaries to explore its diverse facets.
Shamma Al Shamsi (AE)
Shamma is a designer currently completing her cross-disciplinary Bachelor of Design at the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation. She specializes in Product Design and Strategic Design Management
Joanne Hayek (LB)
Joanne is a multidisciplinary designer and faculty member at the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation. Her work is anchored around research for the design of sustainable futures, and spans across different scales and disciplines: architecture, urban design, system design, digital design and coding, fashion design and material remediation.
Mirko Daneluzzo (IT)
Mirko is a designer, researcher and educator with a focus on posthuman and bio-integration design explorations. He is a faculty member at the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation and Co-Founder of NYXO Visionary Design, an architecture and product design practice characterized by a multidisciplinary and technology-led approach to innovation.