By Laura Weatherburn

Communication through photographs and videos plays a dominant role in our lives, and as Geraldine shares in her ‘How to Research the Future’ course, “What is valued in a photograph is something that is constantly shifting”. As infants, we learn to understand visually long before developing the skills to speak, read or write.

Our relationship with waste and what is considered trash has been slowly changing out of necessity to rethink material sources and their planetary implications. In this week's research diary we focus on trash and why it is one of the most important materials of the future. Discover the projects we have come across from pioneering make up artists, interior designers, fashion designers and writers using waste as their palette.

As we come closer to the end of 2020, we are hearing an overwhelming amount of negative news regarding global health, failing governments and social injustice. This edit was created to help foster positivity, without ignoring the hard stuff, but shifting the focus to inspiring innovations, to remind ourselves of the good out there, and continue taking positive action towards a preferable future.