Katarina Dimitrijevic (Design Star) gallery

Visualising Plastic Ocean Pollution: Designing Waste OntologiesIt is challenging to comprehend the extent of oceanic plastic pollution because of the sea depth and currents. This PhD by practice in design uses marine scientific findings and data on plastic waste recycling extrapolation to support an argument that the oceans are the world’s largest mismanaged landfill. As the sea’s landfill is not visible, the research applied different approaches to making invisible plastic waste present. Through Higher Education (HE) action-based workshops, research participants were invited to experience ocean plastics in novel ways.

Credits: Katarina Dimitrijevic/KraalD, Goldsmiths University of London