A Line Which Forms a Volume 9 is the ninth annual publication produced by participants in the MA Graphic Media Design program at London College of Communication.

Conceived as both a critical reader and a symposium in print, the volume assembles essays, interviews, visual research, experimental publishing projects, and practice-led investigations that explore graphic design as a method for examining contemporary social, political, technological, and cultural questions.

Each volume is realized with the support of invited practice-based advisors, returning graduate advisors and a team of current MA Graphic Media Design participants, who collectively work across editorial, design and publication (event) teams.

In this issue, participant contributions interact with invited contributions from established practitioners, academics, theorists such as Matthew Stadler, Francisco Laranjo, Ramia Maze, David Benqué, James Langdon, Gavin Wade, Peter Nencini and many others.

Research through graphic design becomes a practice of deconstructing utilitarian designs of time, unearthing non‑human temporalities and its layered textures. ALWFAV 9 explores objects, spaces and society at large as porous palimpsests—sites of interwoven narratives; unlearning the belief that time exists solely for us.

Richly edited and thoughtfully designed, A Line Which Forms a Volume 9 offers a compelling snapshot of contemporary discourse at the intersection of graphic design, research, and publishing.

Editorial Lead: Abigail Tan Shuning
Editorial Team: Madhumita Ramasamy and Yağmur Uygun

Design Production Lead: Svenja Tong
Design Team: Nikhil Narayanan

Production Team: Eunhee Jeon, Lingbo Luo, and Eton Chau
Printed by Tony Yard and Daniel Fletcher

Published by MA Graphic Design Media, London College of Communication, 2026
Printed in a limited edition of 550 copies

Softcover with lime spiral binding, [168 pages], multi-color Risograph printing, 6 × 7.5 inches

ISSN: 2515-9801