The project is bold in its presentation, visual content and use of color. It is positively striking to the eye and offers a strong variation from the typical project submission. The benefit of a four-sheet competition submission for such a small-scale project allows some flexibility for the information conveyed - there are ways to provide the content needed for a jury to evaluate the proposal without being busy, and this presentation does just that. On the contrary the second sheet consists of a single rendered image that is void of text or numeric annotation, and consequently appears unfinished as if an opportunity to convey detailed data about the project was missed. Proposals should take advantage of each image to convey as much information as possible without overwhelming the reader. Such information can add complexity and detail that allows a reader to study the visual in depth.
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Jury feedback summary
‘Them’ is a proposal for a polycarbonate box with a small opening - as if a wormhole, as represented in physics and in the movie Interstellar - and the sole physical connection between interior and exterior. Colorful woven elements help to establish an interior that is visually drastically different from that of the outside. The symbolic gesture is meant to transport those reading within into other mental states, worlds other than our own. Books that are read are provided by visitors - ‘them’ - and the project thus plays on the relations among strangers to share and accept books via this metaphorical time machine.