For its Ai Weiwei show, According to What?, the Hirshhorn presented its catalogue content two ways—as a $40 book or a $5 magazine. “The result was over 9,000 magazines sold, far more than the number of catalogues that usually sell for any given show.”

Nicholas Felton—featured in our touring exhibition Graphic Design: Now in Production—has released his 2012 “annual report.” A visual datamine of his personal life, this year’s verson was created using a custom iPhone app.

  As part of Insights 2013, we invited each designer to address a different surface of the Walker, from the outside to the inside, the social to the virtual. Eike König was asked to create something for our website,  so he and his studio Hort decided to take on the Walker masthead. They created five […] As part of Insights 2013, we invited each designer to address a different surface of the Walker, from the…

constitute art IRL. are those graphical, spatial, and medial forms that can still be found in . contrast to the self-reproducing that is called contemporary architecture, design, or art. contrast to those forms that not only represent the global cultural system, but also global capitalism (for example ). They have not sacrificed identity to modernity, […] constitute art IRL. are those graphical, spatial, and…

A flyer to promote 20 Artists on 16 Topics at the Walker. Each icon articulates and celebrates the institution’s multidisciplinary approach to the contemporary.

Here’s a peak at Geoff McFetridge’s fence design for the Walker Art Center. It’s only half installed right now, and as soon as we get the rest of it up (hopefully within a week or so), we will be presenting an in-depth interview with the artist about the project. Also Geoff’s recent Insights talk is […] Here’s a peak at Geoff McFetridge’s fence design for the Walker Art Center. It’s only half installed…

Thirteen art/design institutions from the Walker and the MIA to MoMA and CooperHewitt are collaborating on a new Tumblr site that searches for an “American aesthetic.” Today’s entry: Wim Crouwel’s 1967 typeface New Alphabet.

Geoff McFetridge—who designed the art now going up on construction fencing outside the Walker—unveils a new project, a decanter for Bushmill’s Irish Whiskey featuring his iconic hands imagery. The hand-blown bottles are part of an edition of 75.

Above: Trailer for the lecture series. Best viewed at 720p   Above: The main print run of the poster was printed in CMYK. Pictured is one of five limited edition prints with combinations of ink channels turned on/off, here in black only.   The identity for Insights: Surface Readings—as detailed here—employs a collection of Möbius strips […] Above: Trailer for the lecture series. Best viewed at 720p Above: The…