Nicole Afonso Alves Calistri
Ma biodesign
Central Saint Martins UAL
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Design for Social Good / Design Research / Design Management
My location: London, United Kingdom
Nicole Afonso Alves Calistri
First Name: Nicole
Last Name: Afonso Alves Calistri
University / College: Central Saint Martins UAL
Course / Program: Ma biodesign
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Design for Social Good / Design Research / Design Management
My Location: London, United Kingdom
About
Nicole A. A. Calistri is a design manager, educator, and activist from Brazil and Italy with a strong focus on ecology and justice. Nicole is passionate about facilitating collaborations between different stakeholders to address complex issues and reimagine systems. She teaches “Practices of Change” at London College of Communication, and plans to move to transition-focused projects after graduation.
In biodesign we often observe microorganisms under the microscope. In this project, I used the Sentinel Hub satellite, part of the European Satellite programme, to observe vast landscape areas that were predominantly impacted by animal agriculture and various co-products. This tool has been widely employed in journalism to uncover various land-related issues, such as the alarming deforestation rate in the Amazonian rainforest. Motivated by my curiosity, I set out to examine environmental damage specifically within the United Kingdom. I focused on capturing imagery of one of the few remaining British Temperate Rainforests, investigating the behaviour of Molinia grass in the Cambrian Mountains, and capturing pollution levels in the River Wye.
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