Humans have always been a migratory species to some degree, roaming nearly every inch of the globe, setting up homes wherever we could make a good life, developing proud traditions of hospitality to welcome the visitors we knew would arrive. But more recently, human history has become dominated by a different kind of migration, by men, women, and children who have no choice but to leave—sometimes to run—when bombs go off, or food is made too scarce to feed a family, or repressive states threaten our very ways of being. This has become one of the great moral tests of our times.

Global diaspora brings greater accessibility to ever—new commodities and further geographies. But, simultaneously, it promotes growing inequalities for large groups, kept in precarious transit. “Loss/Link” is an investigation of objects and people with regard to ‘freak displacements,’ ‘disjunctures,’ and ‘frictions.’ It Examines both our attachment to places and collectivities, mainly exploring globalization and migration in the post-colonialism environment. It’s like talking about the crazy world we are living now
What does it mean to “belong”? Where do we belong? How do we manage our belonging?

The book that aims to reveal this truth by challenging more mainstream narratives. Exploring the migration through Poem, Biological, Geological, Capital, Technology, Culture, Citizenship, Boundary these 7 chapters.

I think It has always been a radical act to share stories during dark times. But they are regenerative spaces of creation and renewal. As we experience more rapidly changing social norms, growing political polarization, climate change, vast global inequalities, and a loss of connection to the earth, we look to emerging stories.

It’s not meant to be a policy-oriented project. It is focused on re-examining our capacity for compassion and the potential of graphic design to engage social issues that benefit the public good, instead of selling more products. It is trying to redirect ‘design for good’ and ‘social design’ projects in more ethical and reciprocal ways. Facing crisis, how can graphic designers get involved in social issues? How can graphic designers help others? How can graphic designers promote awareness of the crisis to the public?