Category Archives: News
Time Change for Fairbanks – Wendell Burnette
The Wendell Burnette lecture in Fairbanks on January 17th has been moved to 7:30pm.
January Lecture: The Art of Place Making
The work of Wendell Burnette Architects has been presented in more than 100 publications worldwide, including The Burnette Studio/Residence, a single building monograph published by Rockport Press and each Phaidon Atlas of World Architecture in 2004 and 2008. Wendell Burnette … More
December 7th Juneau Lecture Cancelled
Due to some last-minute travel scheduling concerns, we unfortunately have to cancel the December 7th lecture in Juneau. Brendan Dawes will still be in Fairbanks on December 6th. We’re very sorry for the inconvenience. The rest of our CHANGING LANDSCAPES … More
December Lecture: The Interplay of People, Code, Design and Art
Brendan Dawes is an artist, programmer, product designer & tinkerer who applies the “boil, simmer, reduce” approach to his wide array of projects. He has exhibited at MoMA, and has lectured at HOW Design Conference Chicago, South by Southwest Austin, … More
November Lecture: Artist Explorers of the Natural World
Joe Gerhardt and Ruth Jarman of Semiconductor were recently interviewed on SmithsonianMag.com regarding their fellowship at the Natural History Museum. Joe Gerhardt will give three lectures in Alaska on November 7-9. These lectures are presented by the Alaska Design Forum, … More
The Role of Design
The introductory post on the new blog The Public Dialogue caught our eye. The ADF is considering a project focused on the role of design in solutions for building affordable housing in rural Alaska. And this post on The Public … More
The 20th ADF Season: Changing Landscapes
The schedule for CHANGING LANDSCAPES, our 2011-2012 lecture series, has been set. Our first lecture will be November 7-9th. See you there!
AAO Board Meeting in Anchorage
The ADF is happy to welcome the AAO (Association of Architecture Organizations), whose members will meet in Anchorage on August 18-20, 2011.
COMMON SPACE Design Labs: April 10-16
Projects are happening in five cities, led by five visiting artist teams. Project descriptions, artist bios, volunteer opportunities, daily updates and more are at CommonSpace-AK.org.
“ECOLOGICAL THINKING”
A post from the Coal blog about a “Hothouse Workshop on Ecological Thinking”. A list of participating experts, dates, and description of intentions. This from Coal: What is ecological thinking and how does it transform the way we understand materials, … More
The Alaska Design Forum is supported, in part, by the Alaska State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and the Municipality of Anchorage.