Laptop on a pale floor in sunlight, displaying the HYBRIS landing page and oversized black lettering.

HYBRIS

How can an evolving research process become navigable without becoming linear?

Context

HYBRIS is an ongoing art-based research initiative by artist Yana Zschiedrich. Since 2019, she has been exploring how mealworms can transform expanded polystyrene into biodegradable matter, connecting artistic practice with questions of waste, material cycles and possible forms of sustainable construction. Over time, the research has grown into an evolving body of installations, objects, experiments and collaborations.

Approach

Artistic research rarely develops in linear ways. Conceived as both archive and exhibition space, the website brings the different strands of HYBRIS together on one large canvas rather than organising them as a chronological collection. A dynamic navigation allows visitors to move between individual works and discover connections across the research while giving each part equal presence.
The identity itself draws from the project’s central process. As visitors navigate the website, typography gradually erodes, echoing the traces left by mealworms as they decompose polystyrene. The research method therefore becomes part of the interface, giving a continuously evolving project a recognisable visual identity.

HYBRIS biography page with a portrait, text and lists of exhibitions, awards and publications.
HYBRIS installation page with offset detail photographs of machinery, hoses and a yellow container.
HYBRIS “Relief” page with a large purple line drawing of human figures over black typography.
Project Title
HYBRIS
Client
Yana Zschiedrich
Year
2023
Services
Website Design
Role
Concept Development, Design, Project Lead
Graphic Design
Sarah Fricke, Lea Sievertsen, Pawel Wolowitsch (Distaff Studio)
Website Development
Jonas Holfeld
Website
www.hybris.tech
Typeface
Friedl Beta by Camelot Typefaces