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Insights 2026: Zak Kyes

Wed Mar 11, 2026
Lectures, Talks, and Readings
Illustration of a cat wearing a hat labeled

Tickets & Info

Tickets & Info

When Wed Mar 11, 2026
Where Walker Cinema
Price from $12.00

Zak Kyes is a Swiss American creative director and the founder of Zak Group, a London-based design office working across fashion, art, sport, technology, and culture. His practice integrates strategic positioning, visual identity, spatial design, and cultural research into a single, research-led approach.

For over a decade, Kyes served as the art director of the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) in London, and he has taught at ECAL in Lausanne, Switzerland. At Zak Group he leads projects for partners including Nike, Chanel, Prada, Frank Ocean, Anne Imhof, Virgil Abloh, and institutions such as MMK Frankfurt and Hartwig Art Foundation.

His work has been exhibited globally at institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig, Tensta Konsthall, the Graham Foundation, and the Architectural Association. He is the co-author and editor of books including Forms of Inquiry (AA Publications), CryptoPunks: Free to Claim (Phaidon), and Zak Kyes Working With . . . (Sternberg Press).

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Dates & Tickets

    Mon Mar 09 — Sun Mar 15, 2026
  • Wed Mar 11, 2026