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Featured Program
Eero Saarinen: Beyond the Measly ABC
Co-Presented by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Friday, October 10 Join us for an in-depth symposium to examine the legacy of one of the modern masters of architecture, Eero Saarinen. The three-day event begins with a conversation with architectural photographer and Saarinen associate Balthazar Korab and features presentations by leading architectural historians... read more » |
Featured Article
FlatPak in the Garden
September 2008 If you’ve ever biked along the Cedar Lake Trail, you’ve probably encountered a modern house set among the stately Victorian homes in the Kenwood neighborhood. Built in 2004–2005, the home is a prototype for FlatPak, a prefabricated system for residential architecture designed by Charlie Lazor of... read more » |
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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 » Walker Channel
 Next Exit: The Shifting Landscape of Suburbia Thursday, April 24  In today’s expanding metropolitan areas, the lines between urban and suburban are rapidly blurring. Population growth, immigration, and transportation are among the many factors that city planners, designers, and developers confront as they prepare for the next million people to move into... read more » Related Design Links
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
ASDF & 100 $1 GrantsMylinh Trieu Nguyen Fri, 03 Oct 2008
ASDFMAKES.com is a web-site that hosts projects by myself and David Horvitz. Most can be translated through digital mediums, enabling free access and reproduction of the files. Some of ASDF’s projects include Are Photographs, a free PDF photography “magazine,” A Wikipedia Reader, a publication that documents different artists travels through Wikipedia, and It’s Easy to Find, a group show that exists inside a P.O. box in Upstate New York. ADSF will mail (real postal mail) anyone who is interested in viewing It’s Easy to Find a postcard that describes how to get to and open the P.O. box.
For our most recent project we are offering 100 $1 grants to all creative projects. Anyone is eligible to apply and there are no restrictions on proposed projects. All forms of creative activity are encouraged! The deadline is Nov 30, 2008. All accepted proposals will be presented as a downloadable digital exhibition in early 2009. For all the details and the application form go to ASDFMAKES.COM. 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 » In the Shop Window
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