Past Programs

<span class="wac_title">Died Young, Stayed Pretty</span> Installation
Poster Mart
Thursday, October 1, 2009   5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Bazinet Garden Lobby

Rock poster artists strut their stuff for audiences coming to the screening of ...  read more »
<span class="wac_title">Died Young, Stayed Pretty</span> Film Screening/Discussion
Died Young, Stayed Pretty
Thursday, October 1, 2009   7:00 pm
Cinema

“Raw . . . an outlaw movie about outlaw artists.” —National Public Radio

Exploring the outer edges of design, this candid documentary delves into the underground poster culture in North America, examining the creative spirit that drives outsider artists to pick through the dregs...  read more »
Charlie Lazor's <span class="wac_title">FlatPak in the Garden</span> Workshop Series
Remake, Revamp
June 25, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, July 9, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, August 6, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
FlatPak House

You have great taste. Find new ways to display it as you work with some of the Twin Cities’ most creative, forward-thinking fashion designers. Workshops in June feature the talents of Calpurnia Peach—a collaboration between Luci Kandler and Ashley Wokasch, whose line has been a hit at...  read more »
<span class="wac_title">Milton Glaser: To Inform &amp; Delight</span> Film
Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight
May 28, 7:00 pm, May 28, 9:00 pm
Cinema

Among America's most celebrated graphic designers, Milton Glaser is best known for co-founding New York Magazine and the enduring I♥NY campaign. Wendy Keys' affectionate portrait surveys the breadth of Glaser's work, which includes newspaper and magazine...  read more »
Sol Sender Lecture
Designing Obama
Tuesday, May 12, 2009   7:00 pm
Cinema

Dubbed a “strategic and smart campaign” by Fast Company, the Obama “brand” has received much recognition not only within the design community, but also throughout the nation and abroad. Sol Sender and Scott Thomas, creators of the official Obama logo and Web site, will describe their...  read more »
<span class="wac_title">Objectified</span> production still Film
Objectified
Thursday, April 30, 2009   7:00 pm
Cinema
Thursday, April 30, 2009   9:00 pm
Cinema

Join us for the regional premiere of Objectified, the new feature-length independent documentary about industrial design from the director of Helvetica. Exploring the creative processes of some of the world’s most influential product...  read more »
Ellen Lupton, Baltimore Lecture
Ellen Lupton, Baltimore
Tuesday, March 31, 2009   7:00 pm
Walker Cinema

Ellen Lupton’s prolific career spans the realms of design practice, education, criticism, and curating, and is specifically aimed at bringing design awareness to a broader audience. She directs the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, where she also...  read more »
Experimental Jetset, Amsterdam Lecture
Experimental Jetset, Amsterdam
Tuesday, March 24, 2009   7:00 pm
Walker Cinema

Based in Amsterdam and founded in 1997 by Marieke Stolk, Erwin Brinkers, and Danny van den Dungen, Experimental Jetset has been consistently reinterpreting the implications of modernism, often from the perspective of a youth-based counterculture. The studio is perhaps best known to U.S. audiences...  read more »
David Reinfurt, New York Lecture
David Reinfurt, New York
Tuesday, March 17, 2009   7:00 pm
Walker Cinema

At the vanguard of a recent wave of young designers whose practices blur the lines between the worlds of client-driven projects and critical investigation, David Reinfurt melds highly conceptual ideas with technological experimentation. After receiving his MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University...  read more »
Experimental Jetset, Amsterdam Lecture Series
Avant la lettre: Insights 2009 Design Lecture Series
March 10 - 31, 2009
Walker Cinema

The Walker and AIGA Minnesota present Insights, a lecture series that brings graphic designers from across the country and around the world to the Twin Cities.

These lectures will be webcast live and archived on the Walker Channel (channel.walkerart.org).  read more »