“Solar brings together the work of the four 2023/24 Design Researchers in Residence. The projects featured in the display explore our changing relationships with the heat and light of the sun through multidisciplinary and collaborative work.

Their projects touch on the heat of the internet, the changing scents of plants, the architecture of the conservatory and the contested restoration of Scotland’s peatland bogs.

The 2023/24 Design Researchers in Residence are April Barrett, Eliza Collin, Jamie Gatty and Freya Spencer-Wood.”

This free catalogue contains thought-provoking essays, case studies, and interviews by the 2023/24 cohort of Design Researchers in Residence.

The desi,g cpncept plays on using the sun as a tool to create, based on a method of printing called cyanotype, which uses sunlight, and each copy includes a limited-edition dust jacket made from test prints.

The publication has been printed with solar-powered presses by Generation Press
This new publication will be free and available on entry to ‘Design Researchers in Residence: Solar Display’.”