all - that - glitters

Metaphor and reality coexist to create a surreal environment in which the visitor may find paradise to be a transformative experience of movement through the unknown. We seek to find design expression in these surreal episodes. The expression itself, which is the represented by the garden, is paradise.

A fantastical mythical glade lies within a labyrinth of quotidian occasions; however, the journey to reach this clearing is arduous and filled with sights, scents, and emotions that rattle the inner being. Instead of a prescribed Eden, the valley turns out to be a personal paradise, reflected in the hypnotizing iridescent shimmer of mountainous forms in a setting of floral haze. Paradise is born in the gardens of our mind and consequently accompanies us in our journeys through this world. The marvellous nature of our sell-discovered Eden casts a new glittery hope and beauty on the maze that is life.

(Competitor's text)

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