Junk_is is an interactive platform that transforms unfinished creative fragments - sketches, notes, abandoned ideas -into a living archive. Rather than hiding what is incomplete, the project treats these leftovers as valuable material: traces of thought, emotion, and experimentation.
By collecting and re-organizing these fragments, Junk_is creates a space where imperfection becomes generative. Users can wander, explore, and connect unexpected pieces, revealing hidden relationships and new narratives.
Developed as my Master’s final project in collaboration with Daphne Perlman, Junk_is bridges digital and physical practices - mixing coding, design, and analog processes - while questioning how we remember, forget, and reshape our creative journeys.
Developed as my Master’s final project in collaboration with Daphne Perlman, Junk_is bridges digital and physical practices - mixing coding, design, and analog processes - while questioning how we remember, forget, and reshape our creative journeys.
This is the open title to the platform - designed to be glitchy and imperfect, to reflect process rather than a polished product.
Entering the world of Junk_is, like a galaxy where each view has its own way of treating unfinished works.
This is the menu of the platform - each icon opens a different way of exploring the archive. It’s designed to encourage non-linear searching, letting users navigate like they would in a constellation rather than a list.
Rhizome
Fragments are connected through their semantic relations. Unfinished pieces rarely stand alone; they reveal new meaning when linked to other traces, like roots or threads weaving together.
Fragments are connected through their semantic relations. Unfinished pieces rarely stand alone; they reveal new meaning when linked to other traces, like roots or threads weaving together.
Completeness
Fragments are organized by their stage in the process. Early beginnings rise to the top, while more developed works settle at the bottom - showing how unfinished ideas carry different weights of meaning.
Fragments are organized by their stage in the process. Early beginnings rise to the top, while more developed works settle at the bottom - showing how unfinished ideas carry different weights of meaning.
Intimacy
Fragments are mapped by the unexpected places they were made - a bus seat, a kitchen table, or a balcony at sunset. These settings add another layer to the story, giving clues about the moment of creation.
Fragments are mapped by the unexpected places they were made - a bus seat, a kitchen table, or a balcony at sunset. These settings add another layer to the story, giving clues about the moment of creation.
Temperature
Works are placed by their visual energy: bold lines and warm colors at the center, softer and cooler tones towards the edges. Even incomplete fragments carry a temperature, an intensity or calmness that shapes how we see them.
Works are placed by their visual energy: bold lines and warm colors at the center, softer and cooler tones towards the edges. Even incomplete fragments carry a temperature, an intensity or calmness that shapes how we see them.
Creator
The archive organizes itself around people, showing the different works each creator has contributed. Fragments cluster into personal constellations, reflecting individual processes and identities.
The archive organizes itself around people, showing the different works each creator has contributed. Fragments cluster into personal constellations, reflecting individual processes and identities.
Open Question
Searching for a word reshapes the archive around it, bringing forward fragments connected to that term. Meaning here is fluid, shifting depending on what the user is curious about.
Searching for a word reshapes the archive around it, bringing forward fragments connected to that term. Meaning here is fluid, shifting depending on what the user is curious about.
Gallery
This view gathers works under a familiar quote from pop culture — a line from a movie, book, or song. It creates an engaging layer where fragments are connected through shared cultural references, allowing creators to see their works in a new context.
This view gathers works under a familiar quote from pop culture — a line from a movie, book, or song. It creates an engaging layer where fragments are connected through shared cultural references, allowing creators to see their works in a new context.