Work — Imaginal Being

Imaginal Being is an activist design practice for the artful enablement of the digital, the biological, and the physical.

Founded by Kendra Dalley, Imaginal Being operates at the intersection of Science, Engineering, Design, and Art — where one realm can incite (r)evolution inside another to mother Nature.

Ecosystem services

I apply immersive research, hands-on experimentation, and high-fidelity design to three platforms I see guiding our evolution from nature-inspired design to nature-empowered design.

Bringing to market is great, but we want to take the long view and implement and impact people’s value systems, getting them to listen very carefully to what nature is asking of us right now.
Relationship: Nature & Culture
Potential Expressions: creative brand strategy, content development, editorial direction, copywriting + voice
We research, embody, and design new ecosystems — relationships of interactions attuning to the deep patterns of nature while engaging in the tension between physical and environmental constraints.
Relationship: Ecology & Technology
Potential Expressions: product design, experiential design, user experience, production/project management
(WIP) Through experimenting with bacteria-printed textiles, biopolymers, and other matter, we explore the potential for closed-loop systems of (re)use, designing for decay, and the interactions and relationships with matter.
Relationship: Grown & Made
Potential Expressions: speculative research, workshops & events, etc.

Imaginal Being is industry-agnostic, collaborating with visionary initiatives leading their industry to meet or exceed the level of ecosystem services provided.

Selected projects

Initiative Accessible clean energy for every community

Client Solstice Power Technologies

Role Product Design & Strategy

Product suite design for solar farm x community relationships for Solstice, was founded on the belief that every American household should have access to affordable renewable energy. We organize, educate, and innovate to make solar accessible.

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Initiative Reawakening living connections

Client ION * Biome

Role Email Design & Strategy

Wellness support — as nature intended. Translational storytelling and email design for ION* Biome, a consumer product line which taps into nature’s greater intelligence, empowering our cells to do what they do best: regenerate and repair.

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Initiative Enliven senses in dark times

Client Sensory Bounty

Role Design, Experience, Production

A dark nights dance party to enliven the senses through the bleak winter months, produced by myself and XO Seattle. In collaboration with Photon Factory, we dreamed up an edible hanging food forest to engage the senses of taste and touch.

Initiative Empowering personalized health outcomes

Client Arivale

Role Product Design & Engineering

Product and app design & development for Arivale, a new type of healthcare system that combines cutting-edge genetic analysis, microbiome & blood assays, personalized coaching all with the goal of improving individuals’ health.

Accelerating the regenerative agriculture

Farmers Footprint

Email Design & Strategy

Community activation through storytelling and email design. Farmer's Footprint, is a coalition of farmers, educators, doctors, scientists, business leaders aiming to expose the human and environmental impacts of chemical farming and offering a path forward through regenerative agricultural practices.