@theretheirtheyreshow @ba.design.gold
18-22 JUNE 2026
Unit 8, 133 Copeland Rd, London, SE15 3SN
Unit 8, 133 Copeland Rd, London, SE15 3SN
Digital Drizzle
Zimo Lyu
Digital Drizzle is a weather-driven media product that questions how social media algorithms shape what we see. Designed as a small sensing device, it can be placed anywhere with access to the sky: hanging from a balcony, attached to a window, or positioned in a garden corner.
The project treats weather not as background, but as an active force that can interrupt digital habits. Rain becomes a temporary algorithm: unstable, local and impossible to fully predict.
Instead of using personal data, clicks, likes or viewing history, the system responds to rainfall. Five rain sensors collect real-time environmental input and translate changing raindrop patterns into different video categories. When it rains, the interface begins to recommend content; when it is dry, the feed stops. By replacing behavioural prediction with weather randomness, Digital Drizzle imagines a social media system shaped by the surrounding environment rather than the user profile.
The project treats weather not as background, but as an active force that can interrupt digital habits. Rain becomes a temporary algorithm: unstable, local and impossible to fully predict.
Instead of using personal data, clicks, likes or viewing history, the system responds to rainfall. Five rain sensors collect real-time environmental input and translate changing raindrop patterns into different video categories. When it rains, the interface begins to recommend content; when it is dry, the feed stops. By replacing behavioural prediction with weather randomness, Digital Drizzle imagines a social media system shaped by the surrounding environment rather than the user profile.
Weather
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