This speculative design project, created with Peter Rosenthal and Xavier Corr, imagines The Provinces of Yigdrasil, a self-sustaining ecosystem built to preserve humanity after nuclear fallout. Our work centered on storytelling and literature, culminating in the Sonatome Teller: a device for education and empathy training that uses audio artifacts, or Sonatomes, to sustain connection and preserve culture.

The main loop involves a directory that stores associated NFC tag IDs with the names of stories stored locally on the device. When the NFC sticker of a Sonatome is placed in the reader and the lid is closed (completing our copper tape circuit), the story plays through the speakers.