Anastasiia Raina

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01/2025 Automatic Satellite Ground Station
I have set-up an automatic satellite is ground station that capture real-time weather satellite—NOAA 18. 19 and extended the reception to Meteor. Real-time satellite imagery allows me to capture environmental data, fostering a deeper understanding of natural systems and enabling in-situ observation of environmental conditions.

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11/2024 New Research collaboration with the Mouw Lab at the URI.
Diatoms, often referred to as the “second lungs” of the Earth, producing a substantial portion of the planet’s oxygen—rivaling even the contributions of terrestrial rainforests. Like other photosynthetic organisms, they harness sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to generate oxygen. The Mouw Lab, utilizes the Flow Cytobot, satellite imaging, and machine learning to capture the morphology of algae, diatoms, and plankton, we aim to transform this dataset into artifacts, interactive installations, videos, books, typography, and exhibitions, to visualize the ecological and physiological responses of phytoplankton to climate change.

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12/2024 Biomaterials for Graphic Designers
As part of the Design In The Posthuman Age class, students explored agar-based biomaterials that can be used for books covers and posters. Students created their own biomaterials and etched their designs with the laser.

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11/2024 Biomorphic Typography
Anastasiia Raina created and conducted Biomorphic Typography with Laura Gonzalez. This workshop merges together typography with biomimicry, parametric architecture. 3D letterforms were 3D printed and presented during the Design In The Posthuman Age final

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11/2024 Satellite Sensing Workshop
I conducted a workshop introducing students to capturing and decoding weather satellite signals

10/2024 USC Lecture
Anastasiia Raina presents her ongoing creative work on Urchin Biomaterials at the USC School of Architecture LANDSCAPE FUTURES LAB

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NCSS+Nature Lab Spring Speaker Series

I collaborated with the Nature Lab to curate a yearly NCSS Spring Speaker Series. This year we brought an exceptional lineup of speakers for the Spring semester! My aim in curating this series was to foster connections between NCSS Concentrators and biodesign practitioners, offering valuable insights into biodesign as both a professional endeavor and an artistic pursuit. Poster design by Joyce Ho

Christina Agapakis, “Chaos Theory: Care, Context, and Loss of Control In The Design of Living Systems” View a recording of Christina's lecture here!
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Mitchell Joachim, "Bunnies and Biotech: Designing Synthetic Life." Watch an archived video of this talk here!
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INFORMATION
Anastasiia Raina is an Associate Professor at RISD. In her research-based practice, Anastasiia explores the aesthetics of technologically mediated nature and the environment through machine vision, evolutionary biology, and incorporating biotechnology into the design practice. She draws upon scientific inquiry and works with scientists to generate new methodologies in design. (Read full profile).

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