Expressions of interest for submissions to the 33rd issue of Kerb Journal by 14 April

Kerb 33 editorial Team are pleased to invite expressions of interest for submissions to the 33rd issue of Kerb, RMIT’s student-edited landscape architecture journal.  

Initiated in 1993, Kerb is one of the longest-running publications of its kind in the world, serving as a platform for discourse around emerging landscape ideas and practices. Each issue’s theme reflects the concerns and interests of the editorial team, inviting pithy and incisive contributions from established and emerging voices. By curating perspectives from the field of landscape architecture and beyond, the journal aims expand the way landscape is appreciated and approached. 

The theme for this year's publication is APPETITE. On behalf of the editorial team, I invite you to consider contributing to the publication and to ask that you distribute the callout amongst your peers, colleagues, and constituents. 

The full thematic for this year is detailed below: 

APPETITE

As emerging designers, we share a collective APPETITE.

We are hungry in a climate of overindulgence—left undernourished by systems that have long prioritised excess over care. Past visionary thinkers in our field have inspired us. However, in light of today’s urgencies, we need more-radical collective action. We're craving something different—more fulfilling. Resistance through nourishing and holistic ways of working that reflect our ethics, sustain our communities, and heal environments by salvaging the leftovers.   

The decadence of late capitalism surrounds us. We see inequity entrenched in the structures that shape our everyday lives—from the distribution of resources to the valuation of time and labour, to the ways land is managed and exploited. Practices remain resource-intensive, often out of step with the regenerative futures we aspire to cultivate. We find ourselves caught between the bite of personal values and the bitter aftertaste of complicity. We want a more humble feed, a culture free of overindulgence, and aim to redefine the meaning of abundance in design. A feast of scraps, cooked together, might nourish us more than a table of excess ever could.    

Will you settle in and share the meal?  

KERB Journal is now accepting expressions of interest (EOIs) for its 33rd issue. We invite you to explore what it means to feed our shared appetite—as artists, activists, individuals, collaborators, and as a collective of emerging practitioners. Join us in digesting lived experience, marinating in new ideas, and sharing recipes for more intentional, equitable, and sustaining ways of practising. 

EOls must include an abstract (200 word maximum) for your proposed submission. Contributions may take the form of a written or visual essay, artwork, poem, story, interview, recipe, how to guide, or another medium of your suggestion. We seek articulations of unfulfilled appetites, modest moments where smaller parts cook up a larger harmony, bite-sized recipes for working towards collective nourishment and guest list reflections; how do we make space for all, what does it mean to share the feast?  

Submissions will be received until COB, Monday 14 April. 

I have attached relevant EOI collateral for distribution and would appreciate you sharing this amongst your networks. Please fill out this - Microsoft Form - to formally submit your expression of interest. Your submissions will be warmly received until
5pm (AEST) April 14, 2025. 

For further information on our journal, this year's theme, and any upcoming events, please visit our website or reach out to us directly. 

Last year’s issue, themed ‘Unsaid,’ is currently available via architectural bookshops and
Bookshop by Uro. Kerb 32 explores the unsaid and unnoticed undercurrents that flow through the landscapes we inhabit. The issue features landscape practices and methodologies that voice or listen to what is often unacknowledged. Contributors contemplated their place as designers and their capacity to create environments grounded in empathy and reciprocity, which acknowledge mutual influence and agency in shaping landscapes across scales. Contributors include Timothy Morton, Wonderground’s Georgina Reid, Inside Outside Office and Bruce Pascoe. 

You can follow Kerb and this year’s editorial process at: 

https://kerb-journal.com/

Instagram: @kerbjournal 

Please contact the editorial team with any queries: [email protected]

We look forward to hearing from you. 

Kind regards, 

Kerb 33 editorial Team.