LANGUAGE

(2025)

SPECULATIVE DESIGN;

A speculative design project portraying language as a tool for global control, in a future in which a global government - the New World Order - imposes it. The project reduces language to 55 essential concepts and universal words, each expressed through symbols, gestures, and specific sound frequencies. At the core of the project is a self-built physical translation machine, built from scratch using Arduino, Processing Python and Touchdesigner, which converts current language into the universal language. To support this scenario, an institutional identity ecosystem for the New World Order was developed, including communicative artefacts such as an official dictionary and flashcards. The project was featured in the exhibitions “Believe it or not” at DotDotDot in 2025 and in “Stories make worlds” at Festival della Meraviglia 2026.

Chladni wave
Experimental drawings of Language
The 55 essential concepts and universal words of Language
Official dictionary of the New World Order
Communication flyers for the New World Order
Flashcards teaching the universal language
Flashcards teaching the universal language
Physical translation machine built with Arduino and TouchDesigner
Microfono
Matrice
Instructions for using the translation machine
Installazione Language all'esibizione Believe it or not
BELIEVE IT OR NOT @DOTDOTDOT, 2025
Installazione Language all'esibizione Festival della Meraviglia
STORIES MAKE WORLDS @FESTIVAL DELLA MERAVIGLIA, 2026

Key learnings
Branding, visual & editorial identity;
Antidisciplinary design approach;
Virtual & physical prototyping;
Narrative video & storytelling;

Additional credits
Diletta B. Canè, Stella Facconi, Filippo Mirandola, Chiara Monti, Matteo Roscigno