Re.medie
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- Exploring social media through culture, rhythm, and local practices
Re.medie is a master’s thesis in interaction and strategic design exploring how social media might be redesigned through culture, rhythm, and local social practices.
The project responds to growing criticism of today’s social media as overwhelming and addictive, and as platforms that often prioritise attention and engagement over belonging and meaningful relationships. I explored how alternative design strategies could support human pace, local needs, and social connection.
We used Eastern Finnmark as an edge case to explore how place-specific cultural practices might inform the design of social media. The region is characterised by vast distances, diverse and small communities, multilingualism, and traditions of connection and collaboration across borders.
Through participant observation, interviews, and participation in the Barents Spektakel festival, we explored the relationship between digital platforms, culture, and local communities.
Insights from the fieldwork were developed through exploratory design methods, workshops, and concept development. Drawing inspiration from seasonal rhythms, weather, language, the hearth as a social gathering place, Skolt Sámi storytelling traditions, and temporary communities, the project resulted in Takt — a series of design concepts exploring how social media can support synchronicity, local belonging, and meaningful relationships rather than maximising attention and engagement.
The project proposes that culturally grounded, place-specific design strategies can open up alternative ways of thinking about social platforms — as digital infrastructures that support human relationships, local rhythms, and social life.
Diploma Project, 2026
Collaborator: Sør-Varanger utvikling & Pikene på Broen
With Mona Simers Mehus
Nominations:
AHO Works Nominee for Interaction design
AHO Works Nominee for Material Exploration and Aesthetics
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