written by Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, in a 1986 essay titled “The Posters of Lawrence Weiner,” provides the inspiration as well as an analogy (in regards to how Weiner utilizes the ellipsis) for how Re:, a new series of posts, will unfold: Above: Weiner’s use of the ellipsis as “a fragmentation prohibiting closure and perfection … .” Above Left: Poster for Galleria Sperone (Turin, Italy, 1973) Above Right: Poster for…

These typefaces represent the latest selection of the Letragraphica type experts. The new range represents a study in contrasts, ranging from ‘Pop’ to antique; and was drawn from within the Letraset Type Design Unit as well as from external international sources… The Letragraphica Series of Type-styles is unique. It is a range of typefaces selected by type experts whose objective is to present the…

On Saturday (5/22), Art of This gallery will present the opening reception for Scattered Light, an ongoing participatory poster project and exhibition. RO/LU, our local landscape architects with the amazing blog, commissioned art/design duo ASDF to create a project that would “attempt to reacquaint the viewer to his/her surrounding environment and introduce another way of seeing and interpreting the…

One of our most basic forms of manipulation, we encounter knots in many situations, from shoelaces to tangled wires. But beyond their useful qualities, also have historical, cultural and scientific dimensions that make them a fascinating subject of investigation. Culturally, knots have been used as tools of representation in a variety of ways. Incas used knots in complex recording devices called…

To announce the launch of the Walker’s refreshed permanent collection galleries (last November) we created a campaign that highlights the diversity of the Walker’s holdings as well as our multidisciplinary mission. The layout mirrors the salon-style hanging of Benches & Binoculars, creating random juxtapositions between artists, disciplines, subjects, decades, and aesthetics. In the hopes of intimating…

Ryan G. Nelson: Our paths first crossed in relation to a Max Bill poster [fig. 1] — perhaps this is a good place for us to start. You’ve mentioned how that poster finds a nice balance between a machine-aesthetic and a hand-craft-method. The same could be said for this poster of Bill’s [fig. 2] (designed for another, earlier Konkrete Kunst exhibition) which was a linocut print and which also showcases a high…

Tonight, 7:00 pm Insights: Stefan Bucher In anticipation of tonight’s lecture by Stefan Bucher, we asked him to answer a few of life’s most—and possibly least—pressing questions: 1. What have you been obsessing about? 2. What’s your most prized possession? My view. This is an unaltered, unedited image from January 25th. 3. What are you reading? The poser yin and yang: The New Yorkerand Daily Variety. 5. What…

In early January the Walker hosted more than 30 local architects, landscape architects, product and graphic designers, artists, and other cultural thinkers to help us think about the four-acre green space that was created as part of the museum’s 2005 expansion. This convening took place as the first public step in an upcoming summer-long program called Open Field—an experiment in new educational…

Insights, our annual graphic design lecture series, returns on Tuesday nights, starting tomorrow with Eddie Opara and continuing during the next three weeks with Peter Buchanan-Smith, Irma Boom, and Stefan Bucher. See more info here. And while we’re at it, check out past Insights lecturessuch as Experimental Jetset and Project Projects on our recently revamped Walker Channel—where you will find a…