Time to get excited…

Our 2024/25 lineup is better than ever!

24/25 Season Schedule

OCTOBER 2/3/4 (ANC/FBX/JNU)
Fritz Mesenbrink / OMFGCO, Brand Designer, Portland

NOVEMBER 6/7/8 (ANC/FBX/JNU)
Ben Waechter, Architect, Portland

NOVEMBER 20/21/22 (ANC/FBX/JNU)
Carlos Zamora / CARTEL, Illustrator, St. Louis

FEBRUARY 19-23
Anchorage Design Week

MARCH 26/27/28 (ANC/FBX/JNU)
Omar Gandhi, Architect, Toronto

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The Alaska Design Forum is a world-class lecture series, focused on elevating the role of design in the last frontier.

Since 1992, the Alaska Design Forum has held fast to our original core mission: to broaden the discussion around design and the built environment in Alaska.

The Alaska Design Forum is a nonprofit where designers, architects, artists, and other creative professionals gather to discuss, share, and critique design-related topics. We are a platform for fostering collaboration, sharing knowledge, and promoting creativity within the design community.

NOTEABLE PAST SPEAKERS

Thom Mayne
Wolfgang Buttress
James Turell
Andy Goldsworthy
Peter Eisenman
Juhani Pallasmaa
Karen Finley
James Carpenter
Rick Joy
Peter Zumthor
Shigeru Ban

David Chipperfield
Karim Rashid
Yves Behar
Stefan Sagmeister
David Adjaye
Einar Jarmund
Claesson Koivisto Rune
Cameron Sinclair
Jakob Trollback
Jessica Hische

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Don’t miss our last lecture of the year – next week!

Carlos Zamora

Renowned Cuban-American designer and illustrator, CARLOS ZAMORA is the Chief Creative Officer and Founder of CARTEL

Zamora’s award-winning illustrations have been published in The New York Times, Time Magazine, Scholastics, New York Observer, The Boston Globe, Advertising Age, American Lawyer, and The Wall Street Journal. Zamora earned his Bachelor of Arts from Havana Design Institute (ISDI), Cuba’s premier design school, in 2000.

ANC – WEDNESDAY, NOV 20
SEED LAB (111 W. 6th Ave) - 7PM LECTURE
FBX – THURSDAY, NOV 21
GATHER AK (714 3rd Ave) - 6:30PM LECTURE
JNU – FRIDAY, NOV 22
GOLD TOWN THEATER - 5:30PM LECTURE

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