2025
Worldbuilding, Illustration and Animation

An animated map for Fatconomy
Fatconomy
is a research and design project
by Robert Johnson, Ficta Studio

Map Design Team:
Chia-Hua Lee李佳樺, Chia-Yi Chou周佳怡


Fatconomy 
Animated Map


Fatconomy is an ongoing research and design project by Robert Johnson, Ficta Studio, imagining alternative futures for waste fats and oils as sites of systemic innovation.

The map presents a speculative city composed of eight interconnected scenarios within the waste oil economy, tracing its trajectory from source and waste theft to by-product ecosystems. Each scenario is anchored to a distinct city block, forming a narrative network that operates as both conceptual framework and world-building device. Through this imagined urban environment, complex systems are translated into legible, navigable territories, allowing audiences to explore and reframe the economic, ecological, and social dimensions of the fatconomy.


 © 2026 Chia-Yi Chou 周佳怡