Promotion: co-creation platform Gemini Laboratory has partnered with Dezeen to launch its first architecture and design competition, which invites entrants to "create an entirely new worldview".
Gemini Laboratory describes itself as "a co-creation project aiming to realise a 'mirror world'" between the virtual and physical worlds.
The online community has launched its first Global Design Awards ? a programme for seeking out design approaches that straddle both the metaverse and real world.
Gemini Laboratory explores links between the physical and digital worlds
The competition is open to anyone and free to enter. Gemini Laboratory is particularly encouraging applications from architects and architecture students, as well as fashion, products, materials and games designers. To enter, applicants must create a proposal for an "alternative worldview" and a data library spanning the virtual and the physical. This can relate to any design field, such as architecture, gaming or film.
The collective has launched its first design awards
Entries must include appropriate visuals ? whether they are images or other digital data ? accompanied by descriptions to communicate the applicant's idea.
Those participating in the competition are invited to explore AltField, an online platform created by Gemini Laboratory.
"AltField is a platform and data library that enables users to share and edit alternative information spaces where multilayered worlds interac...