Decibel
A nature-based solution against sound pollution in the ocean.
WORK DONE AT: Royal College of Art
WHEN: January 2022 | 4 weeks
TEAM: Haochen Zhou (Service Design) Richard Newman (Intelligent Mobility) Yihan Dong (Innovation Design Engineering)
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART | GRAND CHALLENGE 2022
The biggest single-institution postgraduate design project in the world, the 2021/22 edition of the RCA Grand Challenge saw 350 students across all disciplines in the School of Design work together to tackle challenges affecting oceans and marine ecosystems. It tasked students with designing innovative solutions toward a New Economic Model for the Oceans
PROJECT PART OF UN OCEAN DECADE :
RCA PARTNERS FOR GRAND CHALLENGE 2022:
'There was a common theme across all three winners in so much that all three, from a technology point of view, are very analogue solutions where you create something to put into the sea that can live on forever or decompose naturally. The thing I liked about Decibel is, again, it’s putting something into the sea which then creates a new foundation, this time for plants and kelp to grow and help rebuild the reef. It has a double purpose – the more the kelp grows, the more that helps with sound protection as well.'
-Alastair Curtis | Chief Design Officer at Logitech
Read the press release about Decibel & the other winning teams - here.