A series of prints or 'lifts' from the cracked screens of iPhones. The works are described through the scientific developments that made them possible: the invention of the graphite pencil, sticky tape and fingerprinting, the isolation of graphene, and the emergence of high-strength glass used in smartphones.

1 Graphite pencil [developed by Nicholas-Jacques Conté, Conté à Paris Dupuis 1795™, 1795]

2 Clear sticky tape [Scotch™ Tape developed by Richard Drew for 3M™, 1930]

3 Print lifting [developed by Max Frei-Sulzer for the Zürich Police Scientific Laboratory, 1950]

4 Graphene [isolated by Geim and Novosleov at University of Manchester, using Scotch™ Tape technique, 2004]

5 Gorilla® Glass [developed for Apple® by Corning®, 2006]

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/35757