Did You Mean To Do That?
“Did You Mean To Do That?” (New Zealand Architectural Publications) cover shot. A collection of architectural cartoons by Malcolm Walker, edited by John Walsh.
“Did You Mean To Do That?” (New Zealand Architectural Publications) cover shot. A collection of architectural cartoons by Malcolm Walker, edited by John Walsh.
Poster from the book.
A long-awaited book that covers twenty-five years of cartoons from New Zealand’s leading architectural cartoonist – Malcolm Walker: a chronicle of styles, ambitions and happy collaborations.
Much to the chagrin of Architecture NZ’s various editors, it’s not to the editorial that readers first turn upon receiving each issue; rather, it’s to the last page, where Malcolm Walker, architect and New Zealand’s only architectural cartoonist, has been lampooning his profession, and those associated with it, for many years.
Did You Mean To Do That? collects 25 years of Walker’s works in one place. Relive the folly of “perennial architectural contenders Turbo Floss and Dollop” and the wiles of the “Crass Corporation”. Discover what inspires architects, and find out what they’d like for Christmas (“arse-kicking shoes”, naturally).
Edited by John Walsh, Did You Mean To Do That? includes an interview with Walker, a foreword by English architectural cartoonist Louis Hellman, and an afterword by Wellington architect and poet Gerald Melling. Published by New Zealand Architectural Publications Trust, the book is available at selected outlets and online from Aalto Books. (nb: scroll down page to add to cart).
