Detroit News Highlights Michigan Modern Lecture Series

This Sunday kicks off our new five-part lecture series welcoming back several speakers from the groundbreaking Michigan Modern™: Design that Shaped America symposium held at Cranbrook in June. We will host a lecture at Cranbrook Art Museum every Sunday at 4pm until the exhibition closes on Oct. 13. All lectures will be held at deSalle […]

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Brian Conway, State Historic Preservation Officer, discusses the Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America exhibition currently on display at Cranbrook Art Museum.

“Michigan Modern’ At Cranbrook Academy Of Art Celebrates State’s Design Legacy” | Huffington Post

While Michigan makers have produced some of the iconic work that shaped the 20th century modernism movement, a robust design legacy isn’t commonly associated with the state. Now, a new exhibit seeks to tell the story of the state’s contributions, from architecture to furniture and, of course, cars.

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Michigan Modern opening night gallery on Facebook

Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America Exhibition Dates: June 14, 2013 – October 13, 2013 To view photos from the ArtMembers’ Opening Reception, click here.

Michigan Modern Opens at the Cranbrook Art Museum | The New York Times

The state that was the center of both the automotive and furniture industry for most of the 20th century has never been given due regard for its design influence. That’s the premise of “Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America,” which opens on June 14 at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Curated by […]

Made in Michigan: Modernism | Metromode

Think Michigan heritage, and a number of things come to mind. Manufacturing, lumbering, hunting, fishing and the labor movement would likely be among them. But Modern design? Doubters, take heed. While the state’s role in such a highbrow industry as design may not be on the forefront of most Michigander’s consciousness now, it’s simply a […]

Cranbrook Gives Michigan its Due in Modern Design | The Detroit News

Cranbrook highlights Detroit’s Midcentury Marvels of Design, Architecture | Detroit Free Press

Michigan Modern is Here!

Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America (Upper Galleries) Four-Day Symposium: June 13 – 16, 2013 Members’ Only Opening Reception: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 6:30-8:30pm* Exhibition Dates: June 14, 2013 – October 13, 2013 Check out the links below for the latest press coverage of Michigan Modern. Architect’s Newspaper Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America Detroit […]

A Visual History of Michigan’s Outsize Influence on American Modernism | Atlantic Cities

With the likes of Albert Kahn, Minoru Yamasaki, Eliel Saarinen, and Charles and Ray Eames all calling Michigan home at some point in their careers, the state is arguably long overdue for a look back on the innovations it gave to the rest of the design world. It will soon do just that with Michigan […]