About
Instrumental Morphology
Instrumental Morphology was developed by Maria Myers and Khalid Alharbi during the spring semester of their first year in the Master of Industrial Design (MID) program at Pratt Institute. The project emerged through shared research into biology, sound, and cybernetic systems, and was developed through parallel experimentation, prototyping, and documentation across studio and lab contexts. The project received Pratt's Spring 2025 Graduate Student Engagement Fund.
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Maria Myers is an interdisciplinary designer and researcher based in Brooklyn. She is currently a graduate student in the Master of Industrial Design program at Pratt Institute, where her work focuses on biodesign, physical computing, and advanced fabrication. Her background spans humanities research, robotics, biomaterials, and digital fabrication, with prior experience in wet labs, fab labs, and interdisciplinary research environments in the United States and Europe. She has worked with tools and systems ranging from robotics and physical computing to bio-laboratory protocols, computational design, and experimental materials research.
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Khalid Alarbi is an architectural designer and fabricator with experience across architecture, interior design, and product development. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture and has worked professionally in architectural design studios, fabrication shops, and construction environments in the United States and Saudi Arabia. His practice emphasizes material-driven design, fabrication workflows, and spatial systems, with experience in furniture design, digital modeling, visualization, and large-scale construction coordination. He is currently a graduate student in the Master of Industrial Design program at Pratt Institute.