Design Agendas
Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s–1970s
An examination of the complex connections in St. Louis among modern architecture, urban renewal, and racial and spatial change.
Sam Fox School fall Public Lecture Series begins Sept. 9
Architect Mimi Hoang, urban planner Toni Griffin and artist Josephine Halvorson are among the internationally renowned creative professionals who will discuss their work for the Sam Fox School’s fall Public Lecture Series.
The Neronian Grotesque
Image, Text, and Culture in Classical Antiquity
During the reign of Nero, Roman culture produced some of its most spectacular works of art and literature, and some of its strangest. This study explores these effects across textual and visual media in an integrated way. Weiss’ analysis allows for appreciation of the shared strategies of composition, overlaps between literary and visual rhetoric, the […]
Thinking through Graphic Design History
Challenging the canon
Graphic design has a paradoxical relationship to history. While it claims to promote originality and innovation – ideas that emphasize the new and unique – design practice is deeply embedded in previous ideals. Too often, design students encounter the past in brief visual impressions which seduce them to imitate form rather than engage with historical contexts.
‘Design Agendas: Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s–1970s’
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will present “Design Agendas: Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s–1970s” beginning Sept. 13. With nearly 300 architectural drawings, models, photographs, films, digital maps and artworks, “Design Agendas” is the first major exhibition to examine how interlocking civic, cultural and racial histories, as well as conflicting ideological aims, reshaped the city.
The infrastructure of fragmentation
In “Radical Atlas of Ferguson USA,” Patty Heyda charts the forces that have shaped Ferguson and other first-ring American suburbs since the early 1980s. Tax incentives, housing codes, roadways, policing, philanthropy, even landscaping — all can work against the fundamental betterment of residents’ lives.
‘Reframing the 19th Century’
In “Reframing the 19th Century,” the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum places works from its permanent collection alongside six long-term loans from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art to highlight diverse themes and broaden our understanding of 19th-century art.
Scram
Society of Creatures Real and Magical
In the hopes of learning more about the local cryptids, three friends, Jenny, Emiko and Brian, start the Society of Creatures Real and Magical — S.C.R.A.M. Their first order of business? To meet a troll!
The next generation of design
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, in collaboration with the McKelvey School of Engineering, will launch a new Master of Design for Human-Computer Interaction and Emerging Technology in fall 2025. Housed in Weil Hall, it will be the first STEM-designated graduate program situated within the Sam Fox School’s College of Art.
Class Acts: Sophia Hatzikos
In a wide-ranging practice that encompasses sculpture, video, performance and installation, Sophia Hatzikos explores the complex relationships between natural and constructed systems and between scientific and artistic research practices.
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