From London's Tate Modern art museum to The New York Times and Minneapolis' Blu Dot furniture, graphic designers shape what we see, think and sit on. In March five of the world's top design innovators will talk about what the do and how they do it in the 2011 Insights Design Lecture Series cosponsored by AIGA and host Walker Art Center.
All talks are at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Av., Minneapolis. 612-375-7600 or www.walkerart.org $90 for five-part series or $20 each. Free via Walker's webcast at www.walkerart.org
Speakers are:
March 1: Kevin Quealy, New York Times grapics editor whose team produced a clever Tetris-style interactive chart by which readers could set their own priorities for solving the U.S. budget deficit. Quealy is also an alumnus of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Mn.
March 8: Michael Hart, co-founder with Chris Lange and James Scott of Minneapolis-based advertising firm Mono whose clients include Herman Miller, Apple, Blu Dot, Airstream and USA Network.
March 15: James Coggin, now director of design, print and digital media at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, earned his fame in London where clients of his firm, Practise, included Tate Modern, Channel 4, Archangel and the Design Museum.
March 22: Julie Beeler, co-founder of Portland's Second Story Interactive Studio, specializes in turning stories into interactive experiences via installations, websites, motion grphics and 3D visualizations.
March 29: Casey Caplowe, creative-director and co-founder of Good, a high concept design shop that publishes a magazine, operates a website and stages events.
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