A visit to the Norfolk Heritage Centre at the Millennium Library made me realise the sense of permanence that is attached to the printed medium, and how the intentions of the printed object can still be read hundreds of years later. The flexibility of dematerialised mediums of communication provides a start contrasts to the permanence of physical artefacts and printed information. What is the importance of permanence in a fast changing world? 

This week I delve into narrative through a poignant personal memory, centred around a man's departure for war from Oxford Railway Station in 1941. This exploration resonates strongly with my investigation of material mediums and the rematerialisation of information, offering multi-faceted perspectives on the story. As I explore the changing natures of narrative in the digital age, I delve into the relationship between medium as a mediator or interface, and move on from the idea of medium merely as a tool or process.

An interview with Argentinian designer and researcher Franca Lopez Barbera in June 2023. Exchanging ideas around our shared interest in exploring dematerialisation as a cultural and social phenomenon and its connection to the production of knowledge. Franca’s own practice explores the discourse of the material object and how the design of objects can shape us in return, also known as ontological design.

Is there any connection between the role of graphic designer and that of the archaeologist? Could we systematically unearth the most basic forms of human creation and shed light into the traces of things that once were and now are becoming extinct?