The following writings aim to explore the relationship between graphic communication design, material culture and de-materialisation. With a focus on 'Traces' as a vehicle to interrogate material culture, using graphic communication design as a tool for collecting, understanding and sharing a perspective of the world today through the objects that surround us.

The more I research, the more I feel my line of enquiry takes unexpected turns, as well as shaping my position regarding current design practice. I think, most of my references have been very grounded in the early and mid 20th century, and there are so many valuable princes to extrapolate from these, but there’s a growing interest in my on exploring the meaning of those concepts in the world today, trying to ask questions which would become more relevant for my future practice.