that old, old story. All the books are full of it, teachers draw it on the blackboard in every school, the mother dreams of it while watching her child grow, lovers murmur it while embracing, merchants tell it to the customers, the customers to the merchants, soldiers sing it on the march, preachers declaim it in church, historians never cease describing it, it is printed in the newspapers and people pass it from hand to hand, the phone was invented so that it might encircle the world the faster, it is excavated from ruined cities, and the elevator rushes it up to the top of the skyscraper.
I'd like to meet:
Your stare has been comforting me for a long time. And I hope to learn from you how things really are, why it is that around me things sink away like fallen snow, whereas for other people even a little liqueur glass stands on the table steady as a statue.
Television:
Admittedly or not, conscious or unconscious, the poetic state, a transcendent experience of life, is what the public is really seeking.
Heroes:
ARCHITECTURAL ABSENCE=SOCIAL PRESENCEAllison Colley, Palmdale, CAMy approach to this poster design involved a mixture of textual moods…By cutting holes in the warehouse complex, and filling these holes with information, I sought to imply that through the thoughtful absence of architecture, knowledge can be gained, and social issues addressed. It is my hope that not only architects, who hold vital social influence, will participate in the boycott, but that community members will contribute by educating themselves about the issue.
SHOULDN’T YOU… BOYCOTT PRISON DESIGN?
RUNNER-UPWilliam Arbizu &Kerstin Vogdes, Brooklyn, NY…It is our wish for our poster design to assist in calling attention to the tragedy if incarceration that is currently undermining-indeed destroying-segments of our society. As architects and designers, we create social spaces that can support beneficial, or harmful perceptions of self and others…We decide for ourselves, what limitations are real.
BOYCOTT OF PRISONS
RUNNER-UPJan Sabach, Brooklyn, NY…One of the ways for me as a designer is to promote or help other organizations that already do that. I didn’t know anything about the prison problem before reading about it on your web site and other sources that cover the topic. I knew right away I wanted to be part of ADPSR’s campaign. By employing standard emotionless symbols often used in design and architecture combined with a very tight poster layout and limited color palette I tried to communicate some basic human emotions such a anxiety, fear, loneliness and sadness.
LAND OF THE FREECarol King & Nathan Pyatte, Sarasota, FL[A] good opportunity to use our design skills for a good cause.NMP-NO MORE PRISONSTroy West, Architect, Wakefield, RIThe mechanical perfection of the computer generated image is replaced by the raw immediacy of sticks of charcoal drawn on a discarded sheet of plywood, covered over with used paint. An image inspired by prisoners confined to a black and grey world by a society that has temporarily (we hope) placed fear above compassion.
