Join us for the launch of Eventually Everything Connects: Mid-Century Modern Design in the US, the exhibition catalog published by Phaidon to accompany our landmark exhibition of the same name. Curators Andrew Satake Blauvelt (Director, Cranbrook Art Museum) and Bridget Bartal (MillerKnoll Curatorial Fellow) will be joined by Amy Auscherman (Director of Archives and Brand Heritage, MillerKnoll) for a conversation celebrating the book and show.
This 464-page book is a surprising and joyful visual tour of American mid-century modernism through hundreds of photographs, drawings, and pieces of ephemera. Known as the “cradle of mid-century modernism,” this project shines a light not only on Cranbrook’s pivotal role in one of the most important and persistent movements of modern design to emerge in the twentieth century but also offers new scholarship on other important designers of the period.
Taking its title from the famous quote by Cranbrook alumnus and teacher Charles Eames, “Eventually everything connects: people, ideas, objects,” the volume contains works by artists, architects, and designers that explore the multitude of relationships between these three fundamental pillars. This large-scale survey celebrates works from iconic Cranbrook figures like Charles and Ray Eames, Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, Ralph Rapson, and Eero Saarinen alongside historically eclipsed contributions of women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and designers of color including Joel Robinson, Ray Komai, Ruth Adler Schnee, Gere Kavanaugh, Olga Lee, Miller Yee Fong, Lucia DeRespinis, Dorothy Liebes, and many others.
Told through thematic essays and “spotlights” on individual people, designs, and events with insights by 28 historians, Eventually Everything Connects explores the evolution of American modernism from the optimism of the post-World War II era through the transformative decades of the 1960s and 1970s. While rooted in modernist principles of form and function, this design movement embraced bold new materials, playful innovations, and diverse influences that rendered it both practical and profoundly human.
The book signing will take place at 6pm, and the panel discussion will begin at 6:30pm. This event is free and open to all!
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