Human perception is commonly understood as the means through which reality is accessed; yet, what remains imperceptible continues to fundamentally shape experience. This research investigates “the invisible” as a critical dimension of reality, encompassing phenomena that exist beyond the thresholds of human sensing but nonetheless influence cognition, behaviour, and environmental interaction.
Positioned at the intersection of Neuroscience, Philosophy of the Mind, Physics, and Design, this work explores how perception is not a passive reception of the external world but an active, constructed process. The research asks: To what extent is reality shaped by the limits of human perception? And how might we engage with phenomena that cannot be directly seen?
Adopting a research-through-design methodology, the project proposes sensory translation systems that render invisible interactions perceptible through alternative experiential modalities. Rather than seeking empirical validation in a clinical sense, the work contributes a conceptual and experiential framework that expands how perception can be understood, questioned, and designed.
By reframing perception as an interface rather than a transparent window to reality, this research aims to open interdisciplinary dialogue and introduce new approaches for engaging with the unseen dimensions of human experience.