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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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Serigraphy at California Institute of the ArtsSilas Munro Tue, 06 May 2008
CalArts is a small school. With a population that averages around 1332 students in 6 different departments that include: Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film-Video, Music, and Theater, each department is its own intimate microcosm. Its faceted nature is eerily similar to the Walker’s own interdisciplinary model, both sharing many of the same departments. The campus is basically a one building compound composed of bits and pieces that form their own semblance of a whole that evokes Lawrence Weiner’s work on the face of the Barnes Building. This unity makes walking around CalArts a frenetic fission of dancers, designers, artists, filmmakers, composers, choreographers, vocalists, dogs (CalArts is a dog friendly campus), and of course posters. They are made by all stripes of students, from those announcing their own shows and performances to figuring out a summer sublet.
But the smart ones get a graphic designer to design and silk-screen their posters. There is a long tradition of the second year Masters students in Design producing all the posters for the Visiting Artists and Designers that frequent CalArts so often. The MFA candidate class of 2008 is currently selling groups of posters on Ebay for those of you who lust for tactility and Day-Glo or metallic inks.If you are interested in taking in more of the history of the posters at CalArts then go take a look at the web version of the exhibition and catalogue for Earthquakes and Aftershocks: Posters from the CalArts Graphic Design Program 1986-2004 edited by Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié with Texts by Michel Bouvet, Jeff Rian, Louise Sandhaus, Somi and Sojin Kim, Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié and a delightful book design by Yasmin Khan and Jon Sueda. 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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