Irin Nitinantiwat is a designer and researcher with a background in landscape architecture and critical contextual design. Her work explores human-animal relationships within geopolitical and biotechnological contexts such as panda diplomacy and cloning. Her recent work focuses on how the calculated use of "cuteness" reveals hidden power dynamics in our contemporary world. These ideas are examined through theoretical frameworks and critical design methodologies, unfolding in a series of Speculative Cartographies.