Design

above: 1999 / 2000 internship poster designed by Daniel Eatock and Erin Mulcahy. A (literal) survey of one year’s worth of work as a WAC Design Intern.

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Each year the studio creates a poster calling for applicants for the Walker Art Center Design Fellowship. Looking ahead to this project next spring with Ryan “Bust Azz” Nelson I raised the idea to Emmet about how this might be worth highlighting in a flat files post. He brought up an interesting point about how he thought Daniel Eatock and Erin Mulcahy’s 1999 internship poster had created something of a precedent by choosing to visually illustrate the 12 months worth of work completed by the fellows in order to advertise the position. Not every poster since then has reacted to this idea, but here are four that have:

above: 2002 / 2003 internship poster designed by Alex DeArmond and Alejandro Quinto. Though still representing every project created during their twelve month tenure, this approach does so by mapping the intern’s production schedule (magenta represents a project designed by one intern, blue the other intern).

above: 2004 / 2005 internship poster design by Emmet Byrne and Silas Munro. The amalgamation of one years worth of work is represented by each and every vector illustration used over the course of their year at the Walker. The device used to zoom in on the “bits” (see detail) helps contextualize the seemingly insignificant illustrations by highlighting among other things the format, dimensions and client the piece was created for.

above: 2006 / 2007 fellowship poster designed by Scott Ponik and Mathew Rezac. A more literal survey of the work (in their case 2 years worth) by featuring selected projects. I’ve always been intrigued (and maybe a little too insecure to ask) if there is an underlying message implied in how they are positioned in relation to the work (as if they are redefining the grid?).

above: 2007 / 2008 fellowship poster designed by Layla Tweedie-Cullen and Jayme Yen. A year’s work is articulated through every logotype used for projects during their fellowship.