In Protest is an exploration into the ways in which consumer culture manipulates our desires and shapes our behaviours in ways that are often harmful and unsustainable. Through the use of found cardboard—a common packaging material used in consumer goods—I attempt to protest this manipulation and transform the material into something new. By intervening and painting over the sterile consumer messaging printed on the found cardboard, the object shifts from cold to warm, and serves as a metaphor for the resilience and adaptability of the human spirit.