It’s federal election season, and that means lots of politicians wearing hi-vis at media events on the hustings.    

Hi-vis fluoro vests and other items are, first and foremost,  safety gear which is why they’ve become a mandatory for workplace health and safety reasons in all sorts of workplaces.

But hi-vis has also evolved into something more than that - it’s a cultural phenomenon.

GUEST:

Dr Jesse Adams Stein School of Design at the University of Technology Sydney, and part of a research project called “Illuminating Hi-Vis”