Counterfeit City_midreview

Here is a sample look at our current research from Crisis Fronts Degree Project studio at Pratt Institute. The entire deck is visible here.

Partner: Erik Martinez



In order to fully understand the expansive reach of counterfeit protocols we traced the lineage of a couple of examples. Below are 2 precedents that offered us insight regarding the points of deviation as well as ingress to the licit logistical infrastructures.





After looking at video games as urban incubators/simulations we decided to try and simulate the flow of goods with a some hardcoded data and protocols. A data sheet was produced from known protocols in use at active US ports. Variables such as loading time, scanning time, quantity, and logistical lineage were used to generate new data visualizations regarding slippage. This refers to the current international trade network and its susceptibility to counterfeit insertion. The following diagrams express the range of slippage as counterfeit percentage grows and the scanning time of containers is adjusted. The idea of system overload of logistical flooding has emerged as a powerful hacking method that is counter to the insertion method that has currently been explored.





While the previous diagrams are a visualization of the physical movement of goods assuming counterfeits are in the market, the following images address the ingress typologies of illicit goods. Injection and Flooding have proven to be a highly efficient set of protocols for insertion into the market.