A Line Which Forms a Volume is a critical reader and symposium of graphic design-led research that is written, edited, designed and published by participants of the MA Graphic Media Design course at London College of Communication (LCC).

This eighth issue uses the notion of refraction—"how knowledge and experiences can be fragmented and redirected"—to explore shifts in graphic design education and discourse, with insights from students and external practitioners alike.

The issue features an interview with Astrid Vorsterman of Valiz Publishers, conversations with designers and researchers Paul Bailey and Irene Sempere, and an excerpt from "Chimeric Worlding" by Tiger Dingsun that explores the potentialities that exist between graphic design, poetics, and worldbuilding, as well as a selection of graphic design-led research  projects.

With a striking lime green cover, it adds red and blue to its palette inside, in reference to the splitting of light. 

The team have also penned their own "Refractive Manifesto," which begins as a footer on the front cover and continues, line by line, at the bottom of each page throughout the issue. 

Edited by Aditi Sharma, Gunesh Garibli, Hanyu Yang, Kealani Espinda, Wang Li-Ting

Designed by Aastha Chauhan, Ge Gan, Jiayi Gu, Jingping Jiang, Juyi Wang, Olivia Zuo, Regina González Rossi, Runbin Xiao, Sadie Lee, and Shreya Joshi

Published by MA Graphic Design Media, London College of Communication, 2025
Printed in a limited edition of 500 copies

Softcover with clear spiral binding, 152 pages, multi-color Risograph printing, 6 × 7.5 inches

ISSN: 2515-9801