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17-25 October 2026

This project is now archived and was part of DDW20

Equilibrium
Equilibrium
Karla Rakuljic
If you could trap a moment of a painful sorrow or a deep joy, in what form would you like to keep it? Equilibrium is a biological wearable for emotional wellbeing, exploring how designing with biology can allow new sets of affordances and ways of expressing and interacting with the artifacts.
Equilibrium, was designed in collaboration with a biologist, that uses a biochemical process between crystalized lysozyme, a protein present in human tears, and gold nanoparticles, embedded inside of a wearable. Once the components interacted with each ot
Karla Rakuljic
Karla Rakuljic
Participants of this exhibition

About Ivan Kunjasic

Ivan is a designer and researcher, recently graduated MFA in IxD at Umeå Institute of Design. Prior to that, he spent a year at IDEO as Interaction Design Intern. Genuinely interested in biotechnology, biodesign and benevolent business models. At the core, he’s a mere human, and he founds beauty in that.

Colofon

MFA Interaction Design Ivan Kunjasic
PhD Cell and Molecular Biology Teresa Frisan