andrea prins   architect | researcher | writer

Research ‘Beyond the Essay’     When information becomes abundant, attention becomes the scarce resource -

Herbert Simon

joint research with ania molenda    background image by saskia pouwels

the preliminary research is financially supported by the stimuleringsfonds creatieve industrie

Which forms of interactive publishing and writing meet the needs of contemporary audiences? How can long reads stimulate critical reflection and reader’s engagement in times of easy to digest information bits and highly commercialized online publishing?

The first phase of the research comprises interviews with publishers as ArchiNed, Archis, dpr-barcelona, Torque and Valiz, and creative sessions with information designer Martijn de Heer and Varia, focused on collectivity and developing critical insights about everyday technologies.

‘new ways of reading - between experiment & accessibility’. as a part of

our research we conducted three workshops focusing on readers, writers and publishers in cooperation with martijn de heer & framer framed