Call for Cover 42-43 | 2023

14-03-2023

Call for cover 42-43

The editorial staff of OFFICINA* is selecting ideas and contributions for the covers of issues 42-43 of the journal through a Call for Cover. Participation in the call is open to all and consists in the development of a free technique graphic proposal for the cover of an issue of the journal.

The graphic proposal may make references to different areas even not directly connected to the research context of the journal in order to give a broader interpretation of the theme.

 

ISSUES
more info in the CALL DOCUMENT

42 – Transactions (to be released in August 2023): Issue 42 of OFFICINA* is dedicated to the concept of TRANSACTION and intends to investigate the practices that have interpreted the public space as a place of relationship and gesture and that identifying the temporariness, inthe performativity of the existing, in the de-standardization of the game and the participation, key concepts for the construction of shared places and new identities.

43 – Abundance (to be released in November 2023): Issue 43 of OFFICINA* magazine promotes a reflection on the concept of ABUNDANCE. It seeks application examples or theoretical speculations in project disciplines such as design, architecture, and planning at the different scales of intervention: spaces, buildings, products, services, processes, and systems.

 

METHODS AND DELIVERY TIMES

By "graphic proposal" we mean the elaboration of an image for the cover. The technique with which to create the graphic proposal is free (illustration, photography, collage, etc.), as long as it is suitable for the final use of the print and in compliance with the Layout Cover (editable PDF) of the OFFICINA* cover.

The graphic proposal must be sent by completing the online format, at the following link: https://forms.gle/t6vvT8ENJ7KraCvo9

The compilation of the online format will require the following information: author data; title; optional description; graphic proposal in JPG or PDF format, CMYK color profile (max 10 MB, sufficient for this evaluation phase); data processing consent and release.

Proposals sent in other ways will not be accepted.

Each author can send a maximum of two graphic proposals. The loading procedure must be repeated for each graphic proposal.

Proposals must be sent by April 7th, 2023.