Design As Catalyst
Carolina Carmona Hermenegildo
Carolina Hermenegildo (1996) is a multidisciplinary Designer, currently based in Lisbon, with a Graphic & Product Design background while previously studying at Évora University, Portugal. Recently awarded with the Runners-up prize at KI Awards 2020, co.KIeurope & Part of the 5 shortlisted finalists candidates for International Design Challenge 2019 - Changing the World by Design: Dundeed - organized in partnership with Design Indaba & The European Academy of Design. Exhibited at Biodesign Here & Now Exhibition with Open Cell at London Design Festival 2019. About to publish an illustrated book - Young Heroes in the Intensive Care - in colaboration with Pediatric Intensive Care nurse - Isabel Silva - D. Estefânia Hospital, Lisbon.
Currently in collaboration with Terra Amarela - Portuguese association promoting Inclusivity throught Performing Arts, winner of PARTIS project & financed by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal.
Rethink - Encourage - Make
Carolina's work is motivated by inspiring inclusivity & encourage user’s creative knowledge through design, as well as, being interested in catalyzing new human engagement with nature & biology. Conceptual & Experience Design practice, intervining within the areas of biodesign, social inclusion through performing arts and distributive design which begins to guide her personality within the discipline.
Enthusiastic as citizen of the world in this new, challenging & entrepreneurial era, where design is faith and a reinventive & versatile tool for humanity.
The need for a new type of light experience in our daily lifestyle.
A paradox. Light as a symbol of safety.
Concept scientific resume.
Reintroduce habits of darkness in a daily routine.
Bioluminescence as a living system of light.
Dinoflagellates: micro-organism culture.
Micro-organisms life expectancy. Light intensity and growth.
Designing products adapted to biology needs.
Mechanism & Biomimicry.
Having said that, this project is a smart habitat for the bioluminescent living single-cell micro-organisms called dinoflagellates, as an example of how light can reintroduce habits of darkness into a daily routine by preserving them, allowing to establish an empathic and personal interaction with nature.
The concept is motivated by the belief that biology is strongly becoming a key component for everyday products because no technology can overpass the essence of biology.
This project was exhibited at Biodesign Here & Now with Open Cell at London Design Festival 2019.
Medium:
Bioluminescence I Dinoflagellates/Micro-organismsSize:
3 months
Improving comfort & performance of learning to empower communities.
Open-source school furniture set. Have a desk & set.
Objective of Design. Multiple benefits in a system.
Product system journey. From NGO's to schools.
Focusing in areas like Uganda & Cameroon.
Main areas of local hardwood plywood production & timber: Gabon
It should be simple to have a seat. Using geometry for aesthetics & simple production & assembly.
Simplifying making: Straight & Linear cuts with basic tools - Bandsaw.
Flat-pack design: Enhancing distribution efficiencies.
A set of options to different student age groups & school overcrowding issues.
A new way of assembling.
This project was recently awarded with the Runners-up prize at KI Awards 2020, KIeurope.co & Part of the 5 shortlisted finalists candidates for International Design Challenge 2019 - Changing the World by Design: Dundeed - organized in partnership with Design Indaba & The European Academy of Design.
Medium:
Hardwood Plywood & TimberSize:
3 months
Allowing people of different abilities to cooperate & perform using Light as artistic form of expression.
Instrument 1: Allows free mobility in space & changes image dimension/size.
Instrument 2: Motion projected in horizontal direction in space from a single spot.
Instrument 3: Fixed in space with the ability of choosing projection angles.
Providing a kit with materials, colors, images & compose/curate characters for your narrative.
Instruments are designed to be easy to pack & bring the concept to different entities & associations.
Technical product aspects: Instruments are adaptable from the same 3D printed capsule.
Overhead light projected system: 2 lens - Fresnel & Double Convex fl10.
In light of this, the project development was particularly affected by the unsettling events of the pandemic, yet with hope on a near future, the concept will meet its potential by collaborating with Terra Amarela - Portuguese association promoting Inclusivity through Performing Arts, winner of PARTIS project & financed by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal.
Medium:
Light, 3D printSize:
3 monthsWhen The Place Shuts Down: Tom Lloyd