INTERACTION, VISUAL, AND CHARACTER DESIGN

BARNACLE | YOUR NEW BFF

Ready for a friendship? Meet Barnacle, your new digital bestie! Always by your side, ready to chat and offer comfort and compassion forever and ever...

Barnacle is an augmented reality experience that I helped develop, exploring the future of synthetic relationships. Through your phone, you can talk and interact with your new BFF. The experience lasts around 10-15 minutes and is available only on mobile.

Team | Ana Stanišić, Elvin Kandell.

My role | Together with the team, I worked on the ideation and concept development of the project. I was also responsible for designing the interaction, visuals, character design, and the development of the web and AR experience.

Festival participation | Stockholm Fringe 2024, Teater Tribunalen's Summer Festival 2024.

Awards | Nominated for Audiovisual Excellence at Stockholm Fringe 2024.

The performance is designed to be experienced anywhere you choose.

One of the main features is the ability to speak and interact with Barnacle. Using the ChatGPT API, we enable participants to talk to Barnacle, whose personality is prompted to act as your very clingy best friend.

We wanted a name that felt both clingy and cute, so we decided to be inspired by barnacles, which latches onto anything under the sea.

For the design, we aimed for a mix of cuddly and creepy, balancing a soft shape with an intense stare.

When Barnacle is featured at festivals, a poster serves as the main entry point. It creates the first impression of what you will encounter, and the QR code on the poster takes you directly to the experience.

Selected work
Barnacle / The independant burger / Spotify Love Sampler / Chipster / TCO Certified