Fading Lines

Fading Lines is a conceptual, interactive design series that meditates on the slow disappearance of environmental and cultural phenomena. Created as my individual capstone project at the Australian National University, the work explores how design can make invisible or gradual losses emotionally tangible.
The project takes the form of digital coffee-table books designed to be quiet, reflective artefacts that live in everyday spaces. Each edition serves as a memorial for what fades from collective awareness from melting glaciers and endangered languages to the loss of natural darkness.

The design uses visual erosion, poetic storytelling, and minimal interaction to encourage slow engagement and reflection. Drawing on influences such as Olafur Eliasson, Katie Paterson, and speculative design practices, Fading Lines seeks to transform domestic or communal spaces into small sites of contemplation.

This series includes:
Memory of Ice — reflecting on glacial disappearance
The Lost Tongue — exploring linguistic and cultural loss
The False Dawn — addressing the vanishing presence of natural darkness

Through its calm pacing, subtle transitions, and reflective tone, Fading Lines aims to invite quiet care and awareness rather than confrontation using beauty, fragility, and stillness as tools for empathy and remembrance.