Alien Series + Dodeseed

Minoletti, Hernandez & Borches

2022-2023

Speculative materiality, immersive worlds & Experimental Structures.

Beyond the known, toward the unknowable.

This body of work merges procedural design, material speculation, and immersive storytelling — not to predict the future, but to question its direction.

Alien Series — biomaterials from an unknown tomorrow

In this project, PBR (physically based rendering) is used not just as a texturing tool, but as a speculative engine: one that imagines a future where materials grow, breathe, and transform autonomously.

Inspired by the self-regenerating behavior of coral spores and the logic of living matter, Alien Series explores textures that simulate life — from sentient metals to alien biofabrics. This is not design for mass production; it’s design as techno-biology fiction.

Each surface tells a story. Each object is a living question:

What happens when form no longer needs us to exist?

man in black crew neck shirt wearing black headphones
man in black crew neck shirt wearing black headphones

Dodeseed — architecture of the unseen.

Starseed is an immersive spatial installation built in virtual reality, where polyhedral structures serve as seeds of new worlds. Based on a decahedron, these geometries house suspended ecosystems—ethereal realms born of light, gesture, and color.

The user enters a limbo-like environment, interacting through hand and head motion. Inside each seed lies a morphogenic constellation: PBR-based materials that shimmer, fold, and evoke alien habitats. There is no fixed narrative—only discovery, interaction, and meaning-making through exploration.

an abstract painting with orange and blue colors
Together, these projects question not only what materials can be in a virtual space but also what we dare to imagine when the rules disappear.
What are we really seeking to escape from?
Is it a game or rather a dangerous dystopia?

Ailenadesignspace all rights reserved