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Zak Kyes is a Swiss American creative director and the founder of Zak Group, a London-based design office working across fashion, art, sport, technology, and culture.
His practice integrates strategic positioning, visual identity, spatial design, and cultural research into a single, research-led approach.
For over a decade, Kyes served as the art director of the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) in London, and he has taught at ECAL in Lausanne, Switzerland. At Zak Group he leads projects for partners including Nike, Chanel, Prada, Frank Ocean, Anne Imhof, Virgil Abloh, and institutions such as MMK Frankfurt and Hartwig Art Foundation.
His work has been exhibited globally at institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig, Tensta Konsthall, the Graham Foundation, and the Architectural Association. He is the co-author and editor of books including Forms of Inquiry (AA Publications), CryptoPunks: Free to Claim (Phaidon), and Zak Kyes Working With . . . (Sternberg Press).
Image caption: Zak Kyes. Courtesy Walker Art Center.
Accessibility
This event will have ASL interpretation. For information about accessibility, or to request additional accommodations for this program, call 612-375-7564, or email [email protected].
Pricing
$18 ticket ($14 AIGA and Walker members; $12 students)
About the Insights Lecture Series
This March celebrate 40 years of the best in design with Insights XL. Founded in 1986, the Insights Design Lecture Series brings together leading designers and design thinkers to share their work and to explore the most urgent issues shaping the field. To mark this four decade milestone, the Walker Design Studio goes XL and welcomes Kirsty Carter and Emma Thomas (A Practice for Everyday Life), Zak Kyes (Zak Group), Michael Cina (Cina Associates/Ghostly), and Hassan Rahim (12:01AM). All talks take place in the Walker Cinema and are followed by a public reception in the Main Lobby.
The Insights Design Lecture Series is copresented by the Walker Art Center and AIGA Minnesota. Poster printing provided by Shapco.