This subject seemed most appropriate for the first Flat Files post. Im excited about this section of the blog because its going to give me a legitimate excuse to spend more time rooting through the archives … Fax from Matthew Carter to then WAC Design Director Laurie Haycock Makela regarding the 1995 commissioned Walker typeface. The typeface which for years ran through the system like blood, as…

This past summer, as I awaited my appointment as a Walker Art Center design fellow, I was fortunate enough to travel throughout the Netherlands. I visited such places as the Nijhof & Lee bookstore and the Stedelijk Museum CS in Amsterdam, as well as the Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem (a combination of places that any design nerd, like me, would appreciate). My final (and favorite) destination brought me…

So, we finally got our act together and decided that it was time for the Walker Design Department to blog, though we’re not really sure what that means yet. But don’t worry, we have a plan: Bulletin Board: These posts will alert you to upcoming design programming at the Walker such as the Drawn Here architecture lecture series, the Insights design lecture series, and design exhibitions like Worlds…