about
Postmarked is an annual publication that showcases the interdisciplinary qualities of architecture through student’s writing and image making. Each issue will have a different theme that will both cross physical borders and disciplinary boundaries. The publication consists of a collection of ‘postcards’ written and selected by students engaging with the built environment on a local, national, or global scale. Postmarked namesake encapsulates our international student body population and to position the architectural discipline in different contexts.
current theme
— ‘Sonder’
“It’s strange, I’m around all these people, yet I have never felt more alone… but also I have never felt more alive.”
For many of us, this existential feeling has not gone away even though the world continues somewhat crowdless. Perhaps this confrontation with social isolation is familiar to some, perhaps it is something that comes alive when we’re in a specific space, or state of mind, wading through this tangle that is life.
Postmarked invites you to compose a postcard pondering sonder—a spontaneous moment of realization that each passerby is living a life as vivid, complex, and precious as your own. Like the typical postcard, one side will showcase an image and the other side written text—both curated by you. Ultimately, these postcards will be shared with a community that continues to dissolve and expand the boundaries of their disciplines. No matter how simple or intricate, melancholic or pleasant, hilarious or mundane, we look forward to reading your account of sonder.
For many of us, this existential feeling has not gone away even though the world continues somewhat crowdless. Perhaps this confrontation with social isolation is familiar to some, perhaps it is something that comes alive when we’re in a specific space, or state of mind, wading through this tangle that is life.
Postmarked invites you to compose a postcard pondering sonder—a spontaneous moment of realization that each passerby is living a life as vivid, complex, and precious as your own. Like the typical postcard, one side will showcase an image and the other side written text—both curated by you. Ultimately, these postcards will be shared with a community that continues to dissolve and expand the boundaries of their disciplines. No matter how simple or intricate, melancholic or pleasant, hilarious or mundane, we look forward to reading your account of sonder.
team
Editors
Brad Lei
Caitlin Dippo
Emily Yan
Jack Kostyshen
Mackenzie Luke
Mariesa Travers
Natalie Rizk
Graphic Designers
Aanya Arora
Jack Tufts
Outreach & Marketing
Michael Farris
Aanya Arora
Michael Farris
Natalie Rizk
Rhode Island School of Design | Department of Architecture
Website designed by Aanya Arora & Jack Tufts. 2021 Copy right. All Rights Reserved.
Website designed by Aanya Arora & Jack Tufts. 2021 Copy right. All Rights Reserved.
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