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Description
A hazy vision of a red, hand-held artefact appeared before us in the early stages of putting this issue together. Whether or not this was a natural impulse for survival in the antiquated realm we inhabit as magazine makers in the attention economy, the object you are holding is an embodiment of the turmoil of our time. It performs as a symbol of our collective state of emergency, from the moment it’s first seen in someone’s hands to the moment it serves its afterlife on a coffee table.
If a magazine reflects the passions and concerns of the people that put it together, then it is no surprise that the object you now hold in your hand has the glaringly provocative yet pessimistic name that it does.
It should also not shock you that it is designed on a conceptual gradient that ranges from elegant and conventional to chaotic ano irrational. It bears no disciplinary allegiances, and accommodates registers both high and low. The essay vs the tweet. The academia vs the meme.
PROLOGUE
Prologue is a student-run publication, designed and edited by Architecture and Design students at IE University. Prologue serves as a new platform for discussion and self-expression through various narratives and contributions from students. We aim to go beyond the acquired knowledge within the university and developed new narratives through personal experience, research and inquiry.