Designed to End explores the mismatch between how briefly everyday objects are used and how long their materials remain. The project asks what it means to design objects, packaging, and exhibitions around an intentional end rather than permanence.

The exhibition is structured in three chapters: Prologue, Main Act, and Epilogue.

Everyday items are presented as future archaeological artefacts, material decay is staged as a sensory and spatial experience, and marine biomaterials are introduced as alternatives that return to natural systems.

My contribution focused on concept development, poster and booklet design, and the digital touchpoint. The visual language uses strong contrast, elongated formats, narrow typography, and archival/documentary layouts to connect material research with exhibition storytelling.

The digital touchpoint extends the physical exhibition through QR-coded material samples. Visitors scan, collect, and assign materials to objects based on duration of use. Their choices generate a future scenario, showing what remains, what decomposes, and what returns to the system.

The project combines exhibition design, publication design, interface prototyping, and material futures research to make the idea of designing for an end tangible.

The project combines exhibition design, publication design, interface prototyping, and material futures research to make the idea of designing for an end tangible.