Air pollution

By Alberto Argento

Topic: Environment

Medium: Poster, interactive

Material: Thermocromic paint

Institute: Politecnico di Milano

Year: a.a. 2018-2019

Interactive installation meant to inform in a playful way on the levels of fine particulate present in each country’s air. It’s composed of one big panel treated with thermochromic paint that will hide the information below that will be displayed once the user applies heat on the highlighted surface.

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Metaphor used:

Sheets of soiled paper covering the names of the countries

Intended Meaning:

Induce a reflection about the effects of air pollution, the heaviness of the matter and the risk it poses on different countries.

Source:

World Health Organization
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Featured image of the project Air pollution
Complementary image of the project Air pollution
Complementary image of the project Air pollution

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