What’s Left Behind is an expansive collection of texts that came out of the ‘Explain Yourself’ writing workshops conducted by Ken Hollings during the Spring of 2023. The last Year 2 MA Visual Communication students were encouraged to compose a 250-word statement that reflected some key aspect of their practice. Their contributions offer a wide range of perspectives on what it means to be at the end of one thing and the start of another, which is something clearly reflected in the thematic arrangement of the resultant material. So be ready for anything. Edited by Ken Hollings and Sheena Calvert with layout and design by Jiarui Wang and Hairun Li.

We offered to take on the design of Explain Yourself, an annual compilation of Visual Communication students’ statements about their practices. I decided to expand the visual system I came up with for the RCA VC identity.