SiNae Song

Design Products (MA)

[2023 Seoul Design Award - Research Prize] Let It Bee is a research project with the Royal Botanic Kew Gardens to develop a sustainable pollinator that addresses pollination scarcity and the biodiversity crisis by encouraging bee pollination.

[2024 iF Design Student Award] AquaShellter tackles metal and noise pollution from Heathrow Airport to protect marine ecosystems. Using biosorption, it absorbs iron and copper and reduces underwater noise with the Helmholtz principle. An XR game involves residents in ocean pollution mitigation, allowing them to experience pollution challenges and receive kits to help protect marine life.

B-bot is an innovative AI-powered robot designed to bridge the communication gap between pets and their owners. It allows communication between species by not only translating what each species wants to convey in their own communication styles but also offering emotional support through its unique oxytocin release mutual gaze function. B-bot demonstrates how technology and design can foster harmonious coexistence and multispecies sustainability.

About

As a recipient of the Deputy Vice Chancellor’s International Scholarship, SiNae Song has been honoured with the IF Design Student Award and the Seoul Design Award – Research Prize for her projects in MA design products. While studying at the RCA, she has also been working at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as a communication and research intern, supporting the SDGs and contributing to a sustainable future.

Her design practice creates a symbiotic collaboration between humankind and nature to address the ecological crises of the Anthropocene epoch. To tackle issues brought by human-centeredness, she believes nurturing a more-than-human perspective can provide a roadmap to a future where multi-species assemblages flourish together. By fostering speculative design scenarios that inspire thinking, engagement, and action toward a connected and integrated future, she challenges traditional design practices exclusively focused on human needs, proposing multi-species design studies that promote a mutually beneficial relationship among all members of our ecosystem.

Website: sinaesong.com
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sinae-song/
Instagram: @si.n.a.e

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