By day, Alison King is graphic design and web publishing instructor at The Art Institute of Phoenix. By night she's an artist and runs ModernPhoenix.net, an active online community that is re-shaping 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 read her writings on the ModernPhoenix message boards at 3 a.m. or in the pages of Desert Living magazine and realize it's THAT PixelPixie.
Fierce, focused and mad about Phoenix.
Does she ever sleep?
If you have passion you
don't really
need sleep.
It's hard to hush a wildfire.
SELECTED WRITING + RESEARCH SAMPLES
Remixing Phoenix in 944 magazine
Jazz Standard: The Lorna House in Desert Living magazine
Restoration Yardware in Desert Living magazine [PDF]
Al Beadle's Executive Towers in Modern Phoenix
The Madole-Sedona West Studio in Modern Phoenix
SELECTED EDITING + INTERVIEWS
The Cedar Street Residence by CoLab in Modern Phoenix
Growing up Haver by Bucky Haver in Modern Phoenix
The Scoville House: Requiem in Shades of Gray by Walt Lockley in Modern Phoenix
Banking on Progress: The Valley National Banks by Walt Lockley in Modern Phoenix
Contemporary Landscaping with Xerophytic Plants by Thomas Park in Modern Phoenix
SELECTED AWARDS
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
RECOMMENDATIONS
"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 site for the last 3 1/2 hrs. It's like a book I can't put down. Seriously addicting."
~ Marc Patlan, Nostalgic Alley
Still not satisfied? Take a trip back in time.
Visit Alison's lifetime archive of stuff here.