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Project by ECAL / Ignacio Pérez Tutors: Alain Bellet, Gaël Hugo, Laura Nieder, Pauline Saglio Assistants: Pierry Jaquillard, Paul Lëon, Kylan Luginbühl, Sébastien Matos ECAL / University of Art and Design, Lausanne Switzerland Bachelor Media & Interaction Design Images by Jimmy Rachez ecal.ch + ECAL — Bachelor Media & Interaction Design

In 2020 we reached a tipping point with the mass of man-made artefacts exceeding the biomass on our planet. This is mainly due to an economic system of manufacturing and consumption where the overabundance of objects has become the norm.    Overloaded.supply is a semi-autonomous system that exploits the control of creation algorithms in order to question current patterns of design, production and legislation. To do so, the installation allows users, via a physical interface, to control an intangible, invisible and vast universe of objects where they can take possession of them through a fictitious patent document. This document will be stored on a dedicated website that acts as a repository of already protected objects that may or may not be produced.