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Tangible Atmospheres

Sona Saji

Tangible Atmospheres explores how changes in indoor air can be experienced through light and movement. Grounded in calm technology, tangible interaction, and data physicalisation, it uses atmospheric information as a design material. Three modules offer distinct expressions: particulate matter through shifts in diffused light colour, relative gas readings through an expanding and contracting origami surface, and pollen information through a mechanical paper flower. Together, they give each atmospheric element its own behaviour within a shared visual language. Designed as a tabletop object for everyday indoor spaces, Tangible Atmospheres gives environmental information a physical form. Its gradual changes invite people to notice the atmosphere around them, bringing awareness of often unseen conditions into everyday experience.


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