speculative design
3d printing
Virtual Production
XR
UE
organisms utopia
A speculative design explores a harmonious and optimistic relationship between humans and organisms on Earth in the future underwater world, a utopian world.
team
1 Art Director
1 XR Designer
1 Virtual production team
role
art Director
3D Designer
Visual Designer
tools
Nomad
Zbrush
Midjourney
Unreal Engine 5
Adobe Illustrator
timeline
Jan 2023 -May 2023
project proposal
overview
What will a utopian world will be like after evolution?
A speculative design based wearable art project that explores a harmonious and optimistic relationship between humans and organisms on Earth in the future underwater world, a utopian world. It uses experimental fashion to create wearable pieces in an organic way, representing a new biological relationship. Envisioning a possible future utopian world and showing the possible future, thinking about the redefinition of life, and how the world’s reincarnation should continue to flourish – as we return to the beginning of all life on Earth, the ocean.
The project will explore and demonstrate how wearable organisms in this futuristic utopian world, forms, functions, and lifestyles. Each of the wearable art pieces represents a future evolution of marine organisms which can grow on different parts of the human body, it is a parasitic and coexistence relationship, the two as one.
when all that's left on earth is ocean, We've evolved new organs.
design process
moodboard
Visual Exploration of AI-Generated
With explorations on Midjourney & DALL E to train the initial concept of future organisms, and how it might looks like on human body as a whole. I input different prompts to experiment, with different approach. I had a series of wearable organisms forms with various natural texture. Also some of the futuristic marine organisms with abstract forms. With these visual experiment, I be able to brainstorming on the design concept, sketches out the organisms, creating visual style.
design process
Design Sketches
These four different future "wearable creatures" will grow on four different parts of the body: shoulders/arms, chest/shoulders, face/head, and hands. Each of these creatures can provide special effects to the body and enhance its functions.
introduction
Organisms Library
These four different future "wearable creatures" will grow on four different parts of the body: shoulders/arms, chest/shoulders, face/head, and hands. Each of these creatures can provide special effects to the body and enhance its functions.
3d modeling
overview
What will a utopian world will be like after evolution?
concept design
Habitat concept
Organisms Habitat
Merging concept
Organisms Merging Stages
When organism is merging when underwater human body, it usually take 3 steps to complete the whole process.
wearable design
3d printing wearable
Organisms Showcase
3D printing merch product
Baby Organisms Ring
These baby "wearable organisms" will be the seedlings of the "wearable organisms" that will be grown in the Org Center. When they reach adulthood, they will be different kinds of "wearable organisms". Each of them is unique. Every human can come to adopt their own Baby "wearable organisms", choose the one you like to wear. Wear it and nurture it to grow.
virtual production
unreal scene design
The Deep Ocean Environment
virtual production
The Organisms Utopia
Collaborated with NYU XR lab "Wlab", using XR technology, unreal engine to create short virtual video.
