I was able to catch up with graphic designers Zak Klauck and David Yun to talk a little bit about WAX, a bi-annual print magazine with writer Aeriel Brown that explores the unique intersection of art, culture and surfing in and around the city…New York City to be specific. Growing up in Los Angeles and living in Laguna Beach for a fair bit of my life, skate and surf culture influenced the way…

• In addition to being surrealism’s mustachioed poster child, Salvador Dalí had his side gigs doing commercial work—like the iconic daisylogo for Chupa Chups, the popular Spanish lollipops, he made in 1969. • For the Brooklyn Museum’s Keith Haring show, opening Mar. 16, the late artist’s foundation has been scanning pages from his journal. Today we see the page from Haring’s birthday in ‘77, when he…

This year’s Videtect theme, sustainable transportation, elicited a variety of short video entries that explore, harpoon, criticize, and raise questions about the broad topic.

Check out our Insights 2012 trailer, which is an inside look at a printing press and how a poster is produced. Many thanks to (executive producers) Joe Avery and Laura Nelson and the fine people at Shapco for producing our poster and letting us film them in action. And, if you’re wondering, the track is courtesy of our own design director, Emmet Byrne, a.k.a. The Franchise.

Above: The Replacement’s first official photo shoot, Walker Art Center, 1981   Photos by Greg Helgeson I moved to Minneapolis in 1998. For serious reasons like, “Home of Hüsker Dü and Charles Spencer Anderson.” That was enough for me. And being new to a town, you lurk around thinking about all the shit you missed. All those Twin Cities bands I was into, hell, they were long gone and dead. And the mere…

We thought we’d try to get inside the minds of some of our upcoming Insights design lecture speakers, you know, dig a little deeper. Invade their personal space. So here is Mr. Draplin answering some of life’s most—and possibly least—important questions: Describe a recent dream in 15 words or less. I usually don’t remember my dreams, and that sucks. That’s nine words. Damn. What a bummer. Sometimes I…

See below for this year’s lineup. In the coming weeks we’ll be posting interviews with the speakers. Although he makes his home in Portland, Oregon, Aaron Draplin is more a product of being born, raised, and educated in the Midwest. A native of Detroit, he studied graphic design at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design before heading west to work as art director of Snowboarder magazine. He…

Using the exhibitionGraphic Design: Now in Production as its subject, the Walker Art Center created a seminar course for graphic design majors from the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and the University of Minnesota’s College of Design to investigate the themes and ideas of the show. The installation explores the ways that graphic design is being…

Booksfromthefuture presents a ten-day summer course in London on conceptual book design and print production for students and graduates. Taught by designers and educators Yvan Martinez and Joshua Trees, with guest talks and seminars from artist Jaime Gili and art historian Gabriela Mendoza. There are 20 places available and open to international applicants. The course runs from July 9–20…