UN-NATURAL SELECTION

This piece of furniture is absurd.
But it is in this year’s most fashionable colour; "living coral". Are we not the only ones to see the irony? Coral around the world is dying, yet is not the only eco-system or species including our own under dyer threat from humanities actions.

When was the last time you saw a butterfly?

Our planet is undergoing a mass extinction, and it's our fault. Global flora and fauna diversity is declining; delicate habitats are at risk. Falling into quiet extinction are vast numbers of insects that form a crucial component of our global eco-system.

Natural selection has perfected the butterfly over millennia but we as humans are set to eradicate some species in just a few generations; this is a symptom of habitat destruction, urbanization and climate change; thus exerting our selfish control over nature like never before.
This is urgent, we do not need short-term trends or our throw-away culture. We must all rethink our impact, change our behavior and design solutions.

We have taken a beloved species — the butterfly, 3D scanned, manipulated and printed in a form that has evolved from the natural using the computer’s own formal interpretation. And so, the butterfly lives on forever en-digital — commodifying its existence, transforming into trivial printed tropes and sculptural trinkets – tragically fashionable symbols of our over-consumptive way of live.

With gratitude to two independent curators’ support, Mimi Yan & Shell Xu, has made the project possible. With their support, Atelier I-N-D-J had a chance to make an in-depth collaboration with Shining 3D. EinScan Pro The handheld 3D scanner we used and the 3D printing technology involved was critical for its swift realization.

The project is principally supported by AIRPOP is a design driven brand that aims to offer people a more positive and smarter lifestyle using its safe and reliable wearables for personal and public health