For more than 30 years, the Walker Art Center and AIGA Minnesota have collaborated to bring leading design thinkers to the Twin Cities for the annual Insights Design Lecture Series. These designers are imagining new ways of working, redefining their respective industries, and in some cases, forging entirely new futures for design. Watch their lectures below, and find more conversations on contemporary design at the Walker’s design blog, the Gradient.
2021Eric Timothy Carlson &
Aaron Anderson
2021Heather Dewey-Hagborg &
Chelsea Manning
2021Daniel DeSure
(Total Luxury Spa/Commonwealth Projects)
2020Ruben Pater
(Untold Stories)
2020Leland Maschmeyer
(Chobani)
2019Forest Young
(Wolff Olins)
2019Bráulio Amado
(B.A.D. Studio)
2019Mirko Borsche
(Bureau Borsche)
2019Gail Bichler
(New York Times Magazine)
2018Archie Lee Coates IV
(PLAYLAB INC.)
2018Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
(Yale University/SheilaStudio)
2018Greg Hoffman
(Nike, Inc.)
2018Paul Soulellis
(Counterpractice)
2017Rob Giampietro
(Google Design)
2017Andy Rementer
2017Clara Balaguer and Kristian Henson
(Office of Culture & Design/Hardworking Goodlooking)
2017Richard Turley
(Wieden + Kennedy)
2016Sulki and Min Choi
(Sulki & Min)
2016Brian Roettinger
(Hand Held Heart)
2016Jon Sueda
(Stripe S.F.)
2016Susan Sellers
(Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2x4)
2015Andrew Blauvelt (Minnesota by Design)
2015April Greiman
2015K-HOLE
2015Bart de Baets
2015James Langdon
2014Lance Wyman
2014Sara De Bondt
2014Martine Syms
2014Henrik Nygren
2014Geoff McFetridge (Champion Studio)
2013Eike König (Hort)
2013Job Wouters (Letman)
2013Luna Maurer (Moniker)
2012Aaron Draplin (Draplin Design Company)
2012Khoi Vinh (Lascaux Co.)
2012Michael Lejeune
2012David Pearson
2011Kevin Quealy (New York Times)
2011Michael Hart (Mono)
2011James Goggin (Practise)
2011Julie Beeler (Second Story Interactive)
2011Casey Caplowe (Good)
2010Eddie Opara
2010Peter Buchanan-Smith (Best Made Co.)
2010Irma Boom
2010Stefan G. Bucher (344 Design)
2009Eric Olson & Nicole Dotin (Process Type Foundry)
2009David Reinfurt
2009Marieke Stolk & Danny van den Dungen (Experimental Jetset)
2009Ellen Lupton
2008Marian Bantjes
2008Alejandro Quinto & Lorraine Gauthier (Work Worth Doing)
2008Prem Krishnamurthy & Adam Michaels (Project Projects)
2008Ed Fella
2007Daniel Eatock
2007Stuart Bailey, Michael Bierut & Debbie MIllman
2007Lorraine Wild
2007Jop van Bennekom
2006Bill Grant (Grant Design Collaborative)
2006Richard Boynton & Scott Thares (Wink)
2006Armand Mevis & Linda van Deursen (Mevis & Van Deursen)
2006Chip Kidd
2005Masamichi Udagawa & Sigi Moeslinger (Antenna Design)
2005 Maureen Mooren & Daniel van der Velden (MM&DVDD)
2005 Paul Sahre (The Office of Paul Sahre)
2005 John Christakos and Maurice Blanks (Blu Dot Design)
Archive
2004
Paula Scher (Pentagram)
Michael Byzewski & Dan Ibarra (Aesthetic Apparatus)
Scott Stowell (Open)
Thomas Castro, Jeroen Barendse & Dimitri Nieuwenhuizen (LUST)
Andrew Stevens (Graphic Thought Facility)
2003
Jessica Helfand & William Drenttel (Winterhouse)
Rick Valicenti (Thirst & Thirstype)
Thomas Widdershoven (Thonik)
Charles S. Anderson & Laurie DeMartino
2002
Janet Abrams (Design Institute, UMN)
Lisa Strausfeld (Pentagram)
Jonathan Hoefler & Tobias Frere-Jones
Michael Rock (2×4)
2001
John Maeda
Wolfgang Weingart
Jennifer Sterling
Geoff McFetridge (Champion Graphics)
Denise Gonzales Crisp
2000
Mikon van Gastel (Imaginary Forces)
Cornel Windlin
Aura Oslapas (IDEO)
Gael Towey (Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia)
1999
Why Not Associates
Susan Yelavich
Elliott Peter Earls (The Apollo Program)
Marlene McCarty (Bureau)
1998
Lauralee Alben
James Victore
ReVerb
Piotr Szyhalski
1997
Alicia Johnson & Hal Wolverton
J.otto Seibold
J. Abbott Miller
Andrea Moed
1996
Tucker Viemeister
Samina Qureashi
P. Scott Makela
Duane Michaels
1995
Emily Oberman & Bonnie Siegler
Matthew Carter
Randall Rothenberg
John Plunkett & Barbara Kuhr
1994
Dana Arnett
Rick Poynor
Michael Bierut
Nancy Skolos
1993
Fo Wilson
Massimo Vignelli
Judy Corcoran
Peter Goode & Patrick McCaughey
1992
John Jay
Chip Kidd
Jilly Simmons
Kent Hunter
Steven Doyle
1991
Katherine McCoy
Joe Duffy
Rudy Vanderlans
Kit Hinrichs
Steven Heller
1990
Alexander Isley
Michael Bierut
Pat Gorman
Judy Olausen
Stormi Greener
Lynn Geesman
1989
Tibor Kalman
Philip Larsen
Paula Scher
Stephen Frykholm
1988
Lorraine Wild
Keith Goddard
Clement Mok
Dugald Stermer
1987
Muriel Cooper
Douglas Scott
Bill Stumpf
Steven Heller
1986
Paul Prejza
Christopher Pullman
Peter Seitz
Jayme Odgers