Hi Donna, actually the example you have brought to our attention is quite specific. Yes, in professional contexts anonymity is quite common, as the outcome of the competition can be a contract or scholarship, or in general, benefits related to the profession. Winners usually get more than just a prize, and therefore it's very important to reduce the minimum potential malicious judgments by the jury. Furthermore, in these cases a professional jury is involved, and it's not a vote from the people from the entire community. I'm sure you get the significant difference which leads to the strict need for anonymity.
On the opposite side, I'm surprised you would consider it pretty normal in our context. Lorenzo On Tue, 22 Aug 2023 at 20:48, Donna Walcavage via Origami < origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> wrote: > The American Institute of Architects and American Society of Landscape > Architects require totally blind entries for their awards programs at the > national (including international projects) and the local level (including > NYC and various local chapters in states or metro areas) . In fact if you > submit and the name of the firm or architect or landscape architect is on > the submitted materials for review by the jury, the project will be > disqualified. > > I'm surprised that people find it to be an issue, it is pretty standard > in the design world, so as far I think Ilan and team are right on to do it > that way. > > Donna > -- Lorenzo Lucioni Duesseldorf - Germany lorenzo.luci...@gmail.com
