Krithi Nalla

Creative Technologist + Maker
I'm a designer and creative technologist inspired by science and ecology. My research aims to critically interrogate and rethink physical objects in relation to our environments. I also love grass!
I'm a designer and creative technologist inspired by science and ecology. My research aims to critically interrogate and rethink physical objects in relation to our environments. I also love grass!
Thesis Faculty
Aaron Freedman, Alexander King, Ernesto Klar, Melanie Crean, Tresson Canley, Xin Xin

Grass Footprint

Angered by the poor accuracy in today’s metrics of smog pollution, a small group of self-organized technical naturalists strongly retaliated. By embarking on a mission to amend the inaccuracies of mainstream science, the Grass Listeners began to conduct self-motivated research experiments for grass-based scientific literature.  

They constructed a series of devices, like the Grass Footprint Calculator, to collect and analyze the chemical vocabulary of damaged grass. They would be seen during the sunny hours of the day, walking across stretches of grass with their specialized equipment. These scientific pilgrimages work to increase the accuracy of urban smog emission statistics. 

Inner working of the Grass Footprint Calculator
Receipt of your Grass Emissions