Interstices Issue 25: Silver Call for Postgraduate Design Research Projects

2026-02-17

Continuing our commitment to publish the work of emerging design researchers, Interstices: Journal of Architecture & Related Arts invites postgraduate or recently graduated researchers in architecture and related art and design fields to submit projects for the journal’s peer-reviewed, creative design research section.

Projects should be complete at the time of submission and include an explanatory synopsis of 1,500 – 2,000 words.

Project documentation and the synopsis should:

  • Be original and previously unpublished.
  • For visual material, include up to 10 indicative views of the project.
  • In the case of moving image, animated sequences, or audio works, the duration does not exceed four minutes.
  • Include a scholarly and critically situating synopsis for the project co-authored by both the project’s creator and the supervisor(s) involved (if applicable). The synopsis should bear the name of the researcher as the primary author and the supervisor (if included) as the secondary author.

Visit our website to view the Guidelines for Submissions for details about the reviewing process, copyright requirements and formatting: https://interstices.ac.nz/index.php/Interstices/Style_Guide.

All submissions will be blind refereed by an invited panel.

Issue 25 journal editors are:

  • Susan Hedges (Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau, AUT University),
  • Julia Gatley (Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland) &
  • Andrew Douglas (Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland)

Timeline

  • 15 May 2026 - submission deadline
  • 15 July 2024 - author notification
  • Estimated publication date – September 2026

Please submit full project documentation for the creative design research section of Interstices 25 to Andrew Douglas (andrew.douglas@auckland.ac.nz) by 15 May 2026.

Thank you, and we look forward to your contribution!