Jasio Stefanski

Conceptual art pioneer Stephen Willats uses cybernetics as a mode of questioning how art functions in society. Taking the form of diagrammatic renderings and conceptual models, his work shifts focus from the art object to the audience, comprising a practice concerned with the “the fabric of society.” Following the launch of the new issue of Control Magazine, and in the final days of his solo show at Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Zurich, we connected with Willats to discuss self-organization, the origins of punk, and what it meant to create clothing that requires assembly.

What does car culture look like beyond the car? With a background in art direction, photography, and a complex relationship to cars, Gilles Uzan started Garagisme in 2012, as a self-described “Contemporary Automotive Journal.” The magazine focuses on our relationship to these polarizing objects, utilizing them as a means of accessing the past and present in addition to becoming a platform for speculation. Now on its sixth issue Garagisme approaches the complexities of capitalism through the lens of its nearly 30 contributors and their associated marks, artifacts, futures, and stories.

It’s easy to think about energy efficiency in relation to cars or light bulbs, but what does the term mean when it comes to the internet? Kris De Decker discusses Low<–Tech Magazine‘s redesigned website, which rethinks everything from image compression algorithms to the way it’s powered: the site is self-hosted and powered by a solar panel on De Decker’s Barcelona balcony.

Can algorithms have style? What role will AI play in design practices or outcomes? From generative typography to elaborate algorithmic tapestries, Kyuha (Q) Shim’s work is a synthesis of contemporary visual vernacular and emerging technologies. In conversation with the Walker’s digital designer Jas Stefanski, the two discuss his multifaceted approach to computation and its integration into graphic design practices.

Introducing Found/Seen, a series in which members of the Walker’s Design Department share their findings—be they noteworthy for their content, unusual in format, or simply beautiful in form—from the Walker’s Library and Archives.

The Avant Museology symposium explored artistic practices, sociopolitical contexts, and historical complexities associated with the contemporary museum. “We wanted to create an identity that would serve as a container for the questions posed—a system designed in anticipation of the discourse that the symposium would yield,” says designer Jas Stefanski.