Imagining Recovery: May 13

Imagining Recovery Competition:
Announcement of Winners and Public Jury Discussion
Wednesday, May 13, 7pm
Studio-X, 180 Varick Street, Suite 1610

The competition calls on designers to act as mediators between policy and the public by producing an image of the lived experience of recovery, increasing the transparency and intelligibility of the charts, maps and graphics of Recovery.gov. This image is to be supported by a design strategy offering a means to get from the present to recovery. The competition brief is a living document, collectively written by the design participants and a select panel of public policy students from prestigious policy schools around the world.

The event will include a slideshow of all works submitted, and a discussion of the competition, the deliberation, and an announcement of the winners by jurors, moderated by Reinhold Martin. The competition jury includes:

Mark Wigley – Dean, Columbia GSAPP
Bernard Tschumi – Bernard Tschumi Architects
Barry Bergdoll – Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, MoMA
Michael Rock – Founding Partner & Creative Director, 2x4
Kate Orff – Founding Principal, SCAPE
Damon Rich – Founder, Center for Urban Pedagogy; Urban Designer/Waterfront Planner, City of Newark
Brian Loughlin – Chief Architect, Jersey City Housing Authority

A dedicated publication, a spread in Volume Magazine, and a traveling exhibition – currently committed in the US, Beijing, Rotterdam, Mumbai, and Amman – will follow the results of the jury. To learn more about this open international design ideas competition, please visit www.imaginingrecovery.com, and contact imaginingrecovery@gmail.com with any inquiries.