PIXEL PIXIE

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Through teaching, writing and workshops
Alison King sets up unforgettable experiences
that motivate people to create art & design

By day, Alison King is an Associate Professor of Graphic Design at The Art Institute of Phoenix. By night she's an artist and runs ModernPhoenix.net, an active online community that is reshaping the face of Phoenix one building at a time — and in some cases, rescuing them from total destruction.

You might mistake her for any other minivan-driving mama on the freeway, but then you'll receive one of her emails at 3 am, or stumble upon her stories on ModernPhoenix at midnight.

You could even be flipping through the pages of Desert Living or Java magazine and then realize it's THAT PixelPixie: the uptown girl standing behind you in line at AJ's or the rebel taking pictures in the dust of the latest teardown. She's out in the community and fighting hard for its preservation through writing, education and documentation.

Fierce, focused and mad about Phoenix.

Everyone wants to know: Does she ever sleep?

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If you have passion you
don't really need sleep.

It's hard to hush a wildfire.

— Alison King

SELECTED WRITING + RESEARCH SAMPLES

Farewell to Mountain Bell for Modern Phoenix
All About Paradise Gardens for Modern Phoenix [with David Tyda]
Talk like a Phoenician for Java magazine
Arizona at Midcentury: Photographs by Julius Shulman for Modern Phoenix
Ralph Haver for Wikipedia
Remixing Phoenix for 944 magazine
Jazz Standard: The Lorna House for Desert Living and Modern Phoenix
Restoration Yardware [PDF] for Desert Living and Modern Phoenix
Research Your Midcentury Home using Primary Sources for Modern Phoenix
Al Beadle's Executive Towers for Modern Phoenix
The Madole-Sedona West Studio for Modern Phoenix

SELECTED EDITING + INTERVIEWS

100 Degreees of Design [PDF] for Desert Living in collaboration with David Tyda and Joey Robert Parks
The Cedar Street Residence by CoLab
Growing up Haver by Bucky Haver
Holy Houses! by Walt Lockley and Alison King
The Scoville House: Requiem in Shades of Gray by Walt Lockley
Banking on Progress: The Valley National Banks by Walt Lockley
Contemporary Landscaping with Xerophytic Plants by Thomas Park
20 Questions with Environmental Designer Troy Bankord

RECENT AWARDS

The New Times Best of Phoenix Award 2009 for Best Home Tour
WebAwards Standard of Excellence, Architecture Category 2009
AIA Arizona Chapter President's Commendation 2008
The Art Institute of Phoenix Vanguard Award 2007
The New Times Best of Phoenix Award 2006
944 magazine Platinum Award 2006

RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

The Haver + Nunn Partnership in Phoenix 1952 - 1982
Julius Shulman: Progress + Preservation Through the Lens
The Ranch Home in the Valley of the Sun
Get Found on Google: SEO for Smarties

RECENT WEBSITE DESIGNS

The Modern Phoenix Neighborhood Network
Bill Tonnesen, Landscape Architect
Iteon Consulting

RESUME

Find out how Alison got here

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TESTIMONIALS

"I take my hat off to you. You are one of the few who authentically walks the talk."

Eddie Jones
Principal Architect
Jones Studio

"Modern Phoenix has truly become an indispensable cultural resource."

Thomas Martens

"Many thanks for your passion and interest in understanding, excavating and preserving the legacy of modernism in one the 20th century's most important regions."

Anthea M. Hartig, Ph.D.
National Trust for Historic Preservation

"Every time I go to your site, I get really jealous. It's perfect!"

Margaret Foster
National Trust for Historic Preservation

"I've been frying my brain reading and watching the Modern Phoenix website for the last 3 1/2 hrs. It's like a book I can't put down. Seriously addicting."

Marc Patlan
Nostalgic Alley

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