Bea Ysolda

Visual Communication (MA)

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This is the open-access edition of "Dissection of a Landfill", featuring my essay "Unearthing Aluminium: Ecological Debt, Colonial Legacies, and Material Amnesia". Designed for accessibility which is free to read and visually driven. It reimagines climate research beyond dense academic formats.

Metal abstract sculpture. — This was the result of exploring an extended drawing practice through metal work. This is an aluminium abstract sculpture, which is made from foraged scrap aluminium, saved from landfill. This was about exploring the wasted potential in discarded materials and exploring the broken relationship between human and material.

Experimental typeface posters reading: make climate cool again, I love you, and so much remains… — Part of the same project but a different material: this explores plastic that was picked up from a walk on the side of a road. It is a combination of scanning and photo of said plastic, used to create an experimental typeface in order to make thought provoking posters for climate communications.

Illustration with texture of a man writing in a cafe. — This illustration was part of a series that explored ‘caffs’ as third spaces. Inspired by the works of Oldenburg other sociologists, this project explores the rapidly decreasing amount of safe spaces for community use at a low cost. Bea explored cafe culture in west London, and made a series of observational drawings and musings, with snippets in the publication, of overheard conversations.

About

Bea is a multidisciplinary artist and designer whose work bridges illustration, graphic design, and ecological inquiry. During her MA, she investigated wasted potential in discarded materials: an exploration of the broken relationship that exists between humans and climate, by dissecting landfills, our largest archive. Her research seeks to pick apart climate discourse, and why it is so inaccessible to the majority: who are often excluded from the conversation.

Beyond her studio practice, Bea has worked as a graphic designer for an architecture firm and a creative agency, with editorial illustrations featured in various publications. The MA deepened her research-driven approach and rekindled her love of writing, evident in her thesis and Substack. Her work now merges creative practice with urgent climate communication, grounding speculative ideas in tangible dialogue.

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