Bea Gatchalian is a designer & art director from Manila, Philippines. Recently, she completed her master’s in User Experience Design at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, where she graduated with distinction. Bea’s final project explores the flexible ontologies of money in the context of asylum seekers in the UK. Bea’s other postgraduate work explores designing trust within assemblages and systems.

Designing for trust

Inspiring notions of trust in C2C marketplaces through creating a platform for buying and selling human bodily fluids.

Care as currency

Encouraging interactions between women asylum seekers and local residents in the UK through exploring a currency where care is capital.

Free love

Experimentations on sharing unused digital resources and subscriptions in urban spaces.