Insights 2026: Zak Kyes (Zak Group)
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 more than 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).
Date
Mar 11 7:00 PM –8:30 PM
Event Location
Walker Cinema
Address
Walker Art Center , Minnesota
Related
Walker Art Center
725 Vineland Place Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
