The Alaska Design Forum invites our community to join a conversation in 2020 around the theme of REVISED UTOPIAS. Picking up from 2019’s POLAR SHIFT theme, we seek to engage a discussion of the adjusted ideals that come after radical change, the re-worked goals that result from unforeseen events, and the evolving landscape of optimism in design.
With REVISED UTOPIAS, we seek unconventional voices and discussion formats to challenge the narrative on cultural progress and the way it is continually rewritten. Should the role of design be moving from creation to repair? Is there a place for optimism in emerging visions of the future? How might the long history of utopias in our arts and culture affect our current conception of good design?
Here is the Fall portion of the REVISED UTOPIAS 2020 lecture series. All lectures will be presented online via Zoom:
- Günther Vogt (Zurich) // Landscape Architect // September 1 @ 12pm
- Bill Posters (UK/Uganda) // October 6 @ 11:30am
- Michael Ford (Detroit) // November 5 @ 12pm
- Chris Drury // December 8 @ 12pm
These are in addition to the Spring 2020 portion:
- Nathan Shafer (Anchorage) // New Media Artist // March 31 @ 6pm
This was the first ADF lecture to be presented online. - Tucker Viemeister (New York) // Industrial Design // February 17-19
Thank you 2020 REVISED UTOPIAS sponsors!
These generous contributions allow us to continue programming in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau that broadens the discussion on design on the built environment.
Click here to sponsor 2020 REVISED UTOPIAS!
$2,000 – Gold
- AIA Alaska
$1,000 – Silver
- Garrett and Sarah Burtner
- MCG Architects
- ECI
- Alaska Architectural Lighting
$500 – Bronze
- Corvus Design
- Erin Hamilton Design
- Kamu Kakizaki
- Patricia and Richard Seifert
- Design Alaska
$250 – Copper
- 5th Avenue Design & Graphics
- Mary Cary & Greg Frostberg
- Kir Moore
- Kevin Smith Photography
- Jerry McEwen & Vic Carlson
- HB Reuter Engineering, Inc.
- Frame Residential
- Scott Bell
- Mark Fejes
- CRW Engineering Group
- Studio Errico
- Janet Matheson
- Madeleine Grant
Thank you 2019 POLAR SHIFT sponsors!
We are switching to a calendar year program season and sponsorship cycle due to changes at the National Endowment for the Arts. We hope you will continue to sponsor the 2020 REVISED UTOPIAS season. If you have questions or concerns on what this cycle shift means to you, such as if you sponsored in the fall of 2019, please contact us at treasurer@alaskadesignforum.org.
$2,000 – Gold
$1,000 – Silver
- Alaska Architectural Lighting
- BDS Architects
- Bettisworth North Architects & Planners
- Sarah and Garrett Burtner
- Corvus Contractors
- ECI
- Estimations
- KPB Architects
- MCG Architects
- NorthWind Architects, LLC
- Spark Design
$500 – Bronze
- Agnew::Beck Consulting, Inc.
- ASLA Alaska
- Corvus Design
- Erin Hamilton Design
- Martha Hanlon Architects, Inc
- Frances Inoue
- nVision Architecture, Inc.
- PDC Engineers
- RSA Engineering
- Schneider Structural Engineers
$250 – Copper
- AMC Engineers
- Scott Bell
- Blue Sky Studio
- Mary Cary
- Clutch Media
- Earthscape
- Haight + Associates, Inc.
- Icefall Architecture
- Jernstrom Engineering, LLC
- Kamu Kakizaki
- lumen design
- Janet Matheson Architect
- Kir Moore Design
- PND Engineers
- R & M Consulting
- Evelyn Rousso
- William Schendel
- Kevin Smith Photography
- Studio Errico, LLC
- Clark Yarrington
Click here to sponsor the Alaska Design Forum’s REVISED UTOPIAS lecture season.
