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Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes
February 16 - August 17 Because suburbia occupies a dominant presence in so many lives—a place of not only residence but also of work, commerce, worship, education, and leisure—it has become a focal point for competing interests and viewpoints. The suburbs have always been a fertile space for imagining both the best and... read more » |
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Ed Fella
Tuesday, March 25  When he was in his forties, Ed Fella returned to school to complete his undergraduate and graduate degrees in graphic design, after three decades as a successful designer practicing in the Detroit area where he grew up. Fella received his MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1987 and then... read more » |
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Articles
 Artists and Architects Think Inside the Big Box Matt Peiken March 2008 What happens when good malls go bad? You don't have to look far for answers. Hundreds of so-called "dead malls"--shuttered strip malls, derelict shopping centers, and abandoned big boxes litter our landscape. Among those leading the efforts to reimagine, resuscitate, and reincarnate these husks are... read more » Projects
 Peter Seitz: Designing a Life 2007 Peter Seitz was a design pioneer. A graduate of both the HfG Ulm and Yale—arguably the world’s most influential graphic design programs of the 1960s—he arrived in the Twin Cities in 1964 to establish a tradition of modern design at the Walker Art Center before founding a succession of ... read more » Department Information The Walker Art Center maintains a professional, in-house design and editorial department to fulfill its various communication needs. The department is responsible for the design and editing of all printed materials, including the creation and planning of publications such as exhibition catalogues,... read more »
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Blog
NO MORE MANIFESTOS /// JUST MORE SMOKE. NO RULES, NO PARENTS, NO COPS, NO PANTS. NO TROUBLE FOR THEM. NO PROBLEM FOR US. MORE NEOLOGISMS! NO (OR MORE) JOKES: SELF-INTERVIEW BY HARDLAND/HEARTLANDVance Wellenstein Thu, 15 May 2008
WE ARE: HARDLAND/HEARTLAND Tired & True. Blech.
WE DO: WE WANT:
There is a “we” — did you know this?
Self-interview commissioned by the Walker Art Center Design Blog. Publications
 Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes 2008 The suburbs have always been a fertile space for imagining both the best and the worst of modern social life. Portrayed alternately as a middle-class domestic utopia and a dystopic world of homogeneity and conformity--with manicured suburban lawns and the inchoate darkness that lurks just beneath... read more » In the Shop Window
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