A project focusing on different forms of ‘the self’, bacteria being the chosen form.
This concept is a petri-dish kit that allows customers to ‘grow their self’ in the form of bacteria that lives on their fingers.
This concept is a petri-dish kit that allows customers to ‘grow their self’ in the form of bacteria that lives on their fingers.
The spatter brush tool that features on the design would cause each kit to have a slightly different green pattern, reflecting the diversity of ourselves and bacteria.
UV printed glass lid
Final components
Design inspiration came from bacteria and mould spores:
I placed some acetate prints I had created of mould spores around the studio, it was interesting, and quite funny to see people's mostly disgusted reactions:
Identification key to classify bacteria - inspiration for typeface:
