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FUTURE TENTS Awards
Congratulations to all of the FUTURE TENTS design challenge participants! The ADF will assist in fabrication of the three finalist’s designs for exhibition at the Anchorage Museum in the fall of 2016 for Anchorage Design Weekend. Randall Rozier Saunders McNeill BDS Architects See project page and all entries
LAVA on February 1-3
Beijing Design Week is one of many international clients of the design agency Lava. Working from offices in Amsterdam and Beijing, Lava clients include the Moscow Design Museum, the Impakt Festival, the Institute of the Arts Artez, and the Istanbul Biennial. Lava was named the European Design Agency of the Year for 2010. ADF’s next… [ more ]
Iwan Baan: Internationally-Acclaimed Photographer
Iwan Baan has photographed buildings by many of the world’s most prominent architects, including Rem Koolhaas and Toyo Ito, and is one of the most widely published architectural photographers in the world. His work is known for communicating how people use the space. Baan photographed two of Arch Daily’s 20 Most Popular Projects of 2015,… [ more ]
Mary Mattingly and the Waterpod Project
Note: Mary Mattingly will present her work on January 4-6, 2016. Mary Mattingly led a NY-based multinational team of artists, designers, builders, civic activists, scientists, environmentalists, and marine engineers to launch the Waterpod, a free, participatory New York Citywide event docking in all 5 boroughs and at Governors Island. Designed as a new habitat for the global… [ more ]
FUTURE TENTS Registration Extended
Exciting news!!! We’ve decided to extend the registration deadline for the FUTURE TENTS design challenge to January 11th, 2016 in order to give people time to get through the holidays. Thanks to everyone that has signed up so far, we are very pleased with the response. FUTURE TENTS details
FUTURE TENTS Workshop on December 6
As part of our FUTURE TENTS design challenge, the Alaska Design Forum will host a special lecture/workshop session on design process with tent designers and fabricators Mark Stasik and Scott Coon (of Alaska Dreams Inc.), at 2pm on December 6th , 2015 at the Anchorage Museum. The event is free and open to the public – even if… [ more ]
Announcing the FUTURE TENTS Design Challenge
The ADF is excited to announce the FUTURE TENTS design challenge, in association with the Anchorage Museum. FUTURE TENTS encourages entrants to develop contemporary ‘tent’ designs which present solutions to inhabiting our northern wilderness or re-think temporary outdoor structures. FUTURE TENTS follows on the success of last year’s CABIN FEVER design challenge. Three winning FUTURE TENTS design submissions will receive… [ more ]
Recent FUTURE TENSE Lecture to be Broadcast on October 22 & 24
Our last lecture with Johanna Hurme and Sasa Radulovic of 5468796 Architecture was recorded at 360 North in Juneau. If you missed the lecture, you missed a fantastic presentation. Fortunately, you can watch it on television on these dates: Thursday, October 22nd at 8pm Saturday, October 24th at 10pm 360 North has the details on which station will broadcast in… [ more ]
New Juneau Venue for October 7 Event
Johanna Hurme’s October 7 lecture in Juneau has been moved to the studio of 360 North (360 Egan Drive). A map link is available on the lecture details page.
