As designers and as academics, we have developed a working relationship with rejection and failure. We believe this deserves more discussion.
In September 2023, we offered an open call to landscape architects to share their unselected projects in a zine. As we waded into the project, we learned there’s a tremendous interest in uncovering stories of how we navigate risk and refocus on the projects that got away. We compiled a small archive of unrealized projects on social media, and this month we are releasing the first issue of a zine titled Ditched Schemes (available at www.ditchedlandscapezine.com) along with a series of podcast interviews. Ditched Schemes is a platform for highlighting the relationship we have with our work, while uncovering ideas that have not yet found their audience. For us, this…
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Landscape Architecture (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024