In 2017, we took part in a project called Future Relics organised by Google Arts and Culture in Mumbai, India. The goal was to create artefacts that represent our current culture for future generations to discover. Participants were asked to write three words they believed best captured something they cared deeply about.  Each of the responses were written by hand on tablets, and by using Google's handwriting API and then translation API we built a database out of the thousands of contributions. Each hand written word was captured and became a textured shard of a 3D vase presented in a digital landscape of artefacts.

At the end of the project, a collection of vases inspired by the project were 3D printed and finished by local artisans and donated to the Mumbai Museum of Art. Hirsch & Mann created the end to end journey - from the curated view of all the ancient pottery that had been created, to the tablet applications that welcomed visitor contributions in any language. Participants were offered to have their artworks with their own words etched into the 3D vase emailed to them as a keepsake.