Visitors to Somerset House in London have been experiencing the air pollution of different global cities, inside a series of domes created by artist Michael Pinsky.
The installation, created for Earth Day, is made up of five interconnected geodesic domes that form a ring in the courtyard of Somerset House. Each of the domes contains an atmosphere that simulates the levels of pollution found in a different city.
The five interconnected domes were installed in the courtyard at Somerset House. Image is by Peter Macdiarmid
Visitors enter a dome that contains the very pure air experienced in Tautra, the peninsular on the coast of Norway where the project originated.
From this dome they can circulate through the installation to experience what the air is like in London, Beijing, São Paulo and New Dehli. Visitors can experience the air pollution levels at five locations around the world. Photo is by Michael Pinsky
With levels of air pollution rising in many of the world's major cities, numerous designers are looking to address the issue. An exhibition at Milan design week showcased concepts to reduce air pollution by designers including Kengo Kuma, while last year Daan Roosegaarde envisioned a bicycle that would clean polluted air.
Pinsky created the installation in London to highlight the levels of air pollution people living in a city experience daily ? something he describes as entirely avoidable.

"Pollution affects my family and I every day in London...