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CURRENT DIGITAL QUARTERLY

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New Column: Planning the New Normal

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Memory Landscape

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IYKYK (If You Know, You Know)

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The Enduring Palimpsest of the University of Washington Shell House

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A Conversation with Marisol Morales

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The Future of Search is Social

COMING SOON: NEW PRINT JOURNAL

Issue 41.2, Collaboration - in partnership with the University of Washington's College of Built Environments

The theme of the upcoming issue of ARCADE’s print journal is Collaboration – as part of this, ARCADE has partnered with the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments Architecture Writing class, taught by Lauren Gallow, and will be publishing essays written by the students on a topic or design project of their choice. A large part of bringing this theme of “collaboration” to life is through the pairing of each essay with a professional or mentor currently working in the field who is adjacent to the student’s topic.

ft. University of Washington students Andy Clark, Atticus Floquet, Graycie Viscon, Jackeline Serafin, Justin Jakubisn, Liya Anthraper, Malcolm King, and Noah Scanlan. Contributing in conjunction is Scott Crawford, Kim Clements, Chris Kallmyer, Maxine Arnheiter and more!
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MORE PRINT JOURNALS

Monumental

This issue explores the theme of monuments, memorials, and artifacts by conversing under the umbrella of urban regeneration, personal and civic relationship with public space, respite and reflection, and how urban generation/regeneration creates and destroys. Within, you will discover the experience of public parks and greenbelts, how the city implements public art as an act of memorialization after gentrification, and the too often nefarious nature of nostalgia – both the light and dark sides of memorialization and monuments. We have included works of composition as memorialization to the lived experience, and work from architectural critic Bruce Rips, the civic poet of Seattle Shin Yu Pai, cultural critic and philosopher Charles Mudede, architectural journalist Vernon Mays and many more.

Exception

This issue’s theme of “Exception” combines singularity and ambiguity in its layers of phonetic and conceptual interpretations. Exceptions to the rule; exceptional things off the beaten path; that which has been left to the side – or looking sideways to find something new.

Refraction

Refraction examines how the events of 2020 and 2021 have forged new lenses and perspectives by which we understand our place in the world, and represents where ARCADE as an organization is impacting and inspiring positive change in our architecture, design, and arts communities.

Liminal Space

We’ve embraced the changing of the guard, developed new outreach and engagement opportunities and increased the diversity of our dialogues. While retaining the thoughtful discussion that has been the hallmark of our organization for nearly forty years, we are looking forward to finding more ways to enrich the Dialogue on Design through digital, print and in-person connections. 37.2 was created in the spirit of experiencing between here and there.

THE DIGITAL MAGAZINE

No. 3, Fall Edition

Rico Quirindongo takes us through his morning; Rob Hutchinson creates something magical out of something destructive; you might already know about Refract; Shell House gets some attention; Rob Moura is not a graphic designer; Seattle Art Fair leans into community programming; and Lauren Gallow takes us through ‘Gleanings’ Cover art by Marisol Morales: La Cosecha, The Harvest

No. 2, Summer Edition

Carlos Khali talks with Judy Lee, a cerebal post-punk rock band explores gesamtkunstwerk, Rachel Gallaher reviews LEGOS, Mutuus’s ‘resident artist’ chats with Anna Coumou, Recology announces 2024 A.I.R.s, Keith Cote has a bunch of -isms, and Michael Barkin documents Love City Love

No 1, Spring Edition

With so many obituaries in our city, this first edition of Arcade's new quarterly magazine hopes to convey that there is still creative life and a strong community thriving in Seattle and that publications such as ours will continue to highlight those individuals and projects. In this way, Arcade will help maintain a vibrant architecture, design, and arts ecosystem in the best way we know how: through journalism and publication.