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# Project Description Mucky Matters Ally Lee Summary Final work I am a multidisciplinary designer with a practice grounded in material exploration, critical observation, and environmental relevance. My work often investigates overlooked materials, subtle systems, and invisible phenomena, transforming them into tangible experiences through objects, installations, and spatial strategies. I navigate fluently between concept development and hands-on making, using prototyping as both a thinking tool and a communication method, and I treat each material as a carrier of meaning as well as function. While my design process is rooted in experimentation, I am equally drawn to the organisational and strategic side of product development. I am interested in roles that bridge creative direction and practical implementation, spaces where design can challenge norms, inform behaviour, and operate within real-world systems. I am a multidisciplinary designer with a practice grounded in material exploration, critical obse... College Chelsea College of Arts Course BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design Graduation year 2025 Mucky Matters is a product-based installation that reveals the presence of particulate matter, microscopic pollutants suspended in urban air that are inhaled but rarely seen. The project visualises this hidden dust through a laser engraved mirror and a set of dust collecting panels installed across London. Reframing familiar domestic objects as environmental tools, the installation records pollution physically through buildup, residue and reflection. Materials such as mirrored Perspex, coated styrene, and reclaimed steel create interactive surfaces that shift visibly over time. By making pollution tactile rather than statistical, the work invites reflection on urban exposure and questions how we see and overlook the air we live in. Final work View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Research and process View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Share this project Mucky Matters is a product-based installation that reveals the presence of particulate matter, microscopic pollutants suspended in urban air that are inhaled but rarely seen. The project visualises this hidden dust through a laser engraved mirror and ... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Climate Emergency Nature & Environment Places & Spaces Community Data Realities Installation Product
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